The Junction (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Summary

The Junction is the twenty-third studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released on March 30, 2018. This is their first album in nine years since their last album; The Chick Corea Songbook.

The Junction
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018
StudioLeapyear Studio, Los Angeles
GenreCrossover jazz
LabelBMG Rights Management
ProducerMervyn Warren
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The Chick Corea Songbook
(2009)
The Junction
(2018)
Fifty
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

It was the first album by the group to feature Trist Curless on bass following the death of Tim Hauser in 2014.[2]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cantaloop (Flip Out!)"Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Kelly, Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson4:43
2."Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)"Don Breithaupt, Alan Paul3:11
3."The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"Andy Partridge3:49
4."Blues for Harry Bosch"Cheryl Bentyne, Grace Kelly4:24
5."Shake Ya Boogie"Adam Dorn, Janis Siegel, Mervyn Warren4:23
6."Sometimes I Do"Warren4:54
7."Ugly Man"Rickie Lee Jones4:48
8."The Junction"Trist Curless, Christopher Harrison, Warren4:56
9."Tequila/The Way of the Booze"Daniel Flores, Paul3:04
10."The Paradise Within (Paradise Found)"Les Baxter, Paul5:00

Personnel edit

The Manhattan Transfer

Musicians

  • Mervyn Warren – vocal arrangement (all tracks), horn arrangement (2, 3, 9), string arrangement (6), drum programming (all tracks), keyboards (all tracks), bass (2)
  • Brian Benning – strings (6, 9, 10)
  • Don Breithaupt – keyboards (2), drum programming (2)
  • Can Canbolat – strings (6, 10)
  • Adam Dorn (credited as Mocean Worker) – keyboards (5), drum programming (5)
  • Eddie Ellis – guitar (2)
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone (2, 3, 9)
  • Scott Frankfurt – drums (4), percussion (4)
  • Yaron Gershovsky – piano (1)
  • Christopher Harrison – keyboards (8), drum programming (8)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 6, 9)
  • Grace Kelly – saxophone (4)
  • Luisito Quintero – percussion (7)
  • Ray Reinebach – strings (10)
  • Jen Simone – strings (6)
  • Knox Summerour – flugelhorn (3), trumpet (9)

Production

  • Mervyn Warren – producer

References edit

  1. ^ Collar, Matt. "The Manhattan Transfer – The Junction". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "The Junction". The Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.