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The Symphony Sessions is the twenty-first studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on October 3, 2006.[1]

The Symphony Sessions
Studio album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released	October 3, 2006
Recorded	March 3, 4, 6 & 7, 2006
Genre	Vocal jazz, pop
Producer	Tim Hauser
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
An Acapella Christmas (2005) The Symphony Sessions (2006) The Chick Corea Songbook (2009)

Track listing

#	Song title	Composer/Songwriter	Length
1	"Route 66"	Bobby Troup	3:31
2	"Candy"	Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney	3:20
3	"Embraceable You"	Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin	4:14
4	"That's the Way It Goes"	Raoul Cita, George Goldner, D. Parker	2:41
5	"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"	Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz	5:25
6	"Because You Are All Heart" (Movement 2: A Portrait of Ella)	Alan Paul, Billy Strayhorn	5:01
7	"To You"	Jon Hendricks, Thad Jones	3:44
8	"Vibrate"	Rufus Wainwright	4:30
9	"Clouds (Nuages)"	Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt	6:47
10	"The Quietude"	Chuck Jonkey, Alan Paul	6:55
11	"The Offbeat of Avenues"	Cheryl Bentyne, Don Freeman, Ian Prince	4:24
12	"Birdland"	Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul	6:11

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

• Cheryl Bentyne – vocals, vocal arrangements (11)
• Tim Hauser – vocals, vocal arrangements (4)
• Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangements (6, 10)
• Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangements (2, 6, 12)

Musicians and Arrangements

• Yaron Gervoshsky – grand piano, musical director, orchestral arrangements (6), orchestra director (6, 12)
• John B. Williams – bass
• Steve Hass – drums
• David Glasser – saxophone
• Scott Kreitzer – saxophone
• Cliff Lyons – saxophone
• Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
• Andy Snitzer – saxophone
• Randy Andos – trombone
• Michael Boschen – trombone
• Birch Johnson – trombone
• Jimmy Hynes – trumpet
• Robert Millikan – trumpet
• Dave Stahl – trumpet
• Scott Wendholt – trumpet
• Prague Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
• Corey Allen – orchestra director (1-5, 7-12), orchestral arrangements (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
• Billy Byers – orchestral arrangements (1, 2)
• Charles Calello – orchestral arrangements (4)
• Gil Goldstein – orchestral arrangements (8)
• Joe Roccisano – orchestral arrangements (12)
• Al Capps – vocal arrangements (1)
• Fred Thaler – vocal arrangements (2)
• Gene Puerling – vocal arrangements (3, 5, 9)
• Dick Reynolds – vocal arrangements (7)
• Roger Treece – vocal arrangements (8)
• Ian Prince – vocal arrangements (11)

Production

• Tim Hauser – producer, mastering
• Corey Allen – orchestra producer (1-5, 7-12)
• Yaron Gervoshsky – orchestra producer (6, 12)
• Susumu Morikawa – executive producer
• Manfred Knoop – tracking engineer
• Hans Nielsen – orchestra engineer
• Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal engineer, mixing, mastering
• Tom McCauley – additional engineer
• Tom Swift – additional engineer
• Takekazu Honda – A&R
• Lenka Dudova – assistant administration
• Juraj Durovic – orchestra management
• Kiyoshi Osada – artwork
• Junichi Yamashita – artwork coordinator
• Joan Allen – photography
• Michael Davenport – manager
• Juraj Durovic – orchestra manager
• Merlin Company – management company

Studios

• Recorded at Knoop Music (River Edge, New Jersey); Big Surprise Music (Encino, California); Smecky Music Studios (Czech Republic).

References

External links

• The Manhattan Transfer Official Website

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