Tonin CD

MUSIC

JAZZ

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Let's Hang On ~ The Manhattan Transfer

2. Groovin' ~ The Manhattan Transfer

3. It's Gonna Take a Miracle ~ The Manhattan Transfer

4. I Second That Emotion ~ The Manhattan Transfer

5. La-La (Means I Love You) ~ The Manhattan Transfer

6. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby ~ The Manhattan Transfer

7. Thrill Is Gone, The ~ The Manhattan Transfer

8. Hot Fun in the Summertime ~ The Manhattan Transfer

9. Along Comes Mary ~ The Manhattan Transfer

10. Dream Lover ~ The Manhattan Transfer

11. Save the Last Dance for Me ~ The Manhattan Transfer

12. God Only Knows ~ The Manhattan Transfer

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Manhattan Transfer: Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel (vocals).
	Additional guest artists: Ben E. King, Smokey Robinson, Felix Cavaliere (vocals); Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar); Jimmy Johnson (bass); Luis Conte, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
	Additional personnel includes: Rene Toledo, Mike Landau, Dean Parks (guitar); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Chris Hunter, Roger Rosenberg (saxophone); Jim Hines, Tony Cadlic (trumpet); Herb Besson (trombone); Robbie Buchanan (synthesizer, keyboards); Clay Ostwald (keyboards, programming); Abe Laboriel, Will Lee (bass); Jorge Casas (bass, programming); John Robinson, Mike Baird, Chris Parker, Carlos Vega (drums); Edwin Bonila, Lenny Castro (percussion); Steve Skinner (programming).
	One would suspect that the Manhattan Transfer had as much fun recording TONIN' as the listener will have savoring its many attributes. This album is an uninhibited tribute to the Transfer's pop influences and favorite recording artists, effectively achieved by recording the golden oldies with the original artists. The familiar falsetto of Frankie Valli permeates "Let's Hang On," while the smooth '60s pop-soul voice of Felix Cavaliere carries the Young Rascals' "Groovin'." But there are many surprises. In one of her best recorded efforts, the reclusive Laura Nyro reminds us of her own great past reworkings of oldies. And things really heat up with the dynamic vocals of R&B great Ruth Brown, B.B. King and Chaka Khan, who rips "Hot Fun In The Summertime" to awesome bits.
	But two songs performed on their own show the true talent and the sophisticated harmonies of Manhattan Transfer. The songs are both strongly identified with their original artists, and yet the quartet honors and interprets them properly.
	Personnel: Laura Nyro (vocals, piano); Cheryl Bentyne , Felix Cavaliere, Frankie Valli, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul, Phil Collins, Ruth Brown, Tim Hauser, Ben E. King, Bette Midler, Smokey Robinson, Chaka Khan (vocals); David Spinozza, Dean Parks, David Williams , Michael Landau, Michael Thompson , Paul Jackson, Jr. , Rene Toledo, B.B. King (guitar); Joel Peskin (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Dan Wilensky (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Chris Hunter, Roger Rosenberg (saxophone); Jim Hines (trumpet); Herb Besson (trombone); Robbie Buchanan, Randy Kerber (keyboards, synthesizer); Steve Skinner, Robbie Kondor (keyboards, programming); Clay Ostwald, Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Tom Ranier (synthesizer); Joe Mardin (drums, cymbals, hi-hat, percussion, programming); Chris Parker , Michael Baird , John "J.R." Robinson , Harvey Mason, Sr. , Carlos Vega (drums); Lenny Castro, Luis Conte, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Marc Mann (programming).
	Audio Remixer: Michael O'Reilly.
	Recording information: Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Crescent Moon St; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Unique Recording Studios, New York, NY.
	Photographer: Firooz Zahedi.
	Arrangers: Clay Ostwald; Janis Siegel; Jorge Casas; Laura Nyro; Alan Paul; Arif Mardin; Steve Skinner; Robbie Kondor.
	The idea on Tonin' was to turn the Manhattan Transfer loose on a baker's dozen of good old 1960s pop and R&B hits in league either with the original artists or prominent guests from that period and beyond. And yes, it's a stellar list, guaranteed to stir warm and fuzzy memories, and the tunes echo the old lament of an earlier age, "They don't write songs like they used to." ~ Richard S. Ginell
Producer: Arif Mardin
Engineer: David Richards; Ed Cherney; Jack Joseph Puig; Jeremy Smith; Michael O'Reilly
Musical Guests
	Phil Collins
	Bette Midler
	James Taylor
	Laura Nyro
	Chaka Khan
	Ruth Brown
	B.B. King
	Frankie Valli

Compilation Appearances

Cool December

Technical Info

	Release Date : 02/14/1995
	Original Release Date : 1995
	Catalog ID : 7567826612
	Label : Atlantic (Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075678266126

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Tonin' (1995)

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