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The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents America’s premier vocal ensemble, The Manhattan Transfer, for four nights and 8 shows touring in support of their latest release The Chick Corea Songbook. Band members include Tim Hauser (vocals), Janis Siegel (vocals), Alan Paul (vocals), Cheryl Bentyne (vocals), Yaron Gerzhovsky (Musical Director/piano), Adam Hawley (guitar), Gary Wicks (bass) and Steve Hass (drums). Set times on Thursday through Sunday are at 7:30pm and 10:00pm. Doors open at 6pm on Thursday and 5:30pm Friday -Sunday.

Manhattan Transfer has captured the magic [of Chick Corea’s music], singing with a captivating balance of charm and verve ... Manhattan Transfer is back, and in top-notch form with a marvelous blend of melody and song.” -AllAboutJazz.com

Grammy-Award winning jazz/pop vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer celebrate their 40th Anniversary with the highly anticipated release of The Chick Corea Songbook. The Chick Corea Songbook, which marks the innovative vocal quartet’s first new record in five years, was inspired by the classic work of jazz great Chick Corea, and features fresh and exciting vocal interpretations of many of his popular compositions, including “Spain” and “500 Miles High.” Corea, who plays on the CD, has also contributed an original composition entitled “Free Samba” especially for this album. The recent release also features special guest appearances by some of the finest musicians in the industry including Christian McBride, Airto, Alex Acuña, Fred Hersch, Edsel Gomez and Lou Marini among others.

The platinum selling, world-wide chart topping super group, widely renowned for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative, genre defying sound, made Grammy history in 1981 by becoming the first group to win Grammys simultaneously in both the jazz and pop categories. The group also put out the second most honored album in pop history in 1985 with Vocalese, earning an impressive 12 Grammy nominations, surpassed only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller at the time. Produced by Tim Hauser, Vocalese become known as the group’s tour de force effort, with Jon Hendricks, the recognized master of this art, composing all of the lyrics for the album. To date, The Manhattan Transfer has won 10 Grammys and has been nominated for 17.

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