For their set of Christmas related material, the Manhattan Transfer welcome such guests as trumpeter Jack Sheldon (on "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"), Tony Bennett ("The Christmas Song"), trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb. With arrangements provided for the backing orchestra by Johnny Mandel on a few numbers, highlights of this disc include "Snowfall," a Santa medley and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." A pleasing set of jazz-influenced Christmas music.
Our last example for today is this recording, part of as magnificent a recording as one can have in this lifetime. Recorded in 1992, The Manhattan Transfer, with Johnny Mandel arranging a perfect score with a vocal chart by Johnny Mandel and Gene Puerling, this time in as lush a recording as Farnon provided for Tony Bennett yet much different. And this starts of the compact disc! If you can sti...
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 "The Christmas Album")
