The Manhattan Transfer

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jazz ensemble musical group vocal group

The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group renowned for its intricate harmonies and jazz-influenced pop arrangements, active since the 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
The Manhattan Transfer canonical 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz ensemble ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activeSince 1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
basedOn novel "Manhattan Transfer" by John Dos Passos (for name inspiration) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedBy Tim Hauser ⓘ
genre a cappella ⓘ
big band ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
pop ⓘ
swing ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasCharacteristic intricate harmonies ⓘ
jazz-influenced pop arrangements ⓘ
hasFormerMember Laurel Massé ⓘ
hasMember Alan Paul ⓘ
Cheryl Bentyne ⓘ
Janis Siegel ⓘ
Tim Hauser ⓘ
hasWebsite https://manhattantransfer.net/ ⓘ
inception 1969 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement popularized vocalese in mainstream jazz-pop ⓘ
notableAlbum Bodies and Souls ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Brasil

Extensions ⓘ
Mecca for Moderns ⓘ
Pastiche ⓘ
Swing ⓘ
The Christmas Album ⓘ
The Manhattan Transfer self-link ⓘ
The Offbeat of Avenues ⓘ
The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Tonin' ⓘ
Vocalese ⓘ
notableWork Birdland ⓘ
Chanson d’Amour ⓘ
Java Jive ⓘ
On a Little Street in Singapore ⓘ
Operator ⓘ
Ray’s Rockhouse ⓘ
U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
surface form: Route 66

Soul Food To Go ⓘ
Spice of Life ⓘ
The Boy from New York City ⓘ
Tuxedo Junction ⓘ
Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone ⓘ
origin New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

song "Route 66" → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → The Manhattan Transfer ⓘ
subject surface form: Route 66
The Manhattan Transfer → notableAlbum → The Manhattan Transfer self-link ⓘ
Let's Misbehave → hasNotablePerformer → The Manhattan Transfer ⓘ