Live (1987 Manhattan Transfer album)
# Live (1987 Manhattan Transfer album)

Live is the eleventh album released by The Manhattan Transfer. It was recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Japan on 20 & 21 February 1986. It was released in 1987.

This was the group's second live album, and the first live album with Cheryl Bentyne in the group.

## Track listing

* "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks) - 4:04
* "Rambo" (Count Basie, J. J. Johnson, Jon Hendricks) - 3:44
* "(You Should) Meet Benny Bailey" (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks) - 3:12
* "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins, Jon Hendricks) - 4:21
* "To You" (Jimmy Giuffre, Thad Jones) - 4:18
* "Sing Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks) - 6:45
* "Move" (Denzil Best, Jon Hendricks, Paul Wash) - 3:26
* "That's Killer Joe" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 5:02
* "The Duke of Dubuque" (Bill Faber, James Marchant, Lawrence Royal) - 2:49
* "Gloria" (Adam R. Levy, Esther Navarro) - 2:56
* "On the Boulevard" (Richard Page) - 3:41
* "Shaker Song" (David Lasley, Allee Willis) - 3:57
* "Ray's Rockhouse" (Ray Charles, Jon Hendricks) - 5:10

## Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

* Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel – vocals

The Band

* Yaron Gershovsky – keyboards, musical director
* Wayne Johnson – guitars
* Alex Blake – bass guitar, acoustic bass
* Buddy Williams – drums, Yamaha BX-1 headless bass
* Don Roberts – reeds

### Production

* Producer – Tim Hauser
* Recording Engineer – Seigen Ono
* Remix Engineer – Brian Malouf
* Mixing on Track 8 – Ed Thacker
* Digital Sequencing – David Collins
* CD Mastering – Stephen Innocenzi
* Original Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
* Art Direction and Design – Fayette Hauser

**Studios**

* Remixed at Post Logic Studios (Hollywood, California) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California).
* Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California).

## Sources

* The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
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