The Manhattan Transfer Celebrate their 40th Anniversary and the Release of Their New Recording With Concert at Wilbur Theatre In Boston February 17, 7:30 pm
The Ambassadors of Harmony--Grammy-winning jazz/pop vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer, widely renowned for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative, genre-defying sound, recently released: The Chick Corea Songbook


BOSTON, MA, January 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- HT Productions will present ÒAn Evening With The Manhattan TransferÓ celebrating their 40 years together and their new CD, The Chick Corea Songbook on Wednesday, February 17, at 7:30 PM at the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. Tickets at $48 and $38 will be on sale as of Friday, January 29 at all Ticketmaster outlets, at the Wilbur Theatre Box Office, on line at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling: 800-745-3000. For more information please visit www.thewilburtheatre.com.

The Manhattan Transfer is Cheryl Bentyne, vocals; Tim Hauser, vocals; Alan Paul, vocals and Janis Siegel, vocals. The Transfer will perform with their quartet featuring keyboardist and music director Yaron Gershovsky, bassist Gary Wicks, drummer Steve Hass and guitar Adam Hawley. The group remains a major staple both within the jazz community and the mainstream music community, as they continue to enlighten listeners by bringing different genres of music to the forefront of the jazz.

The Chick Corea Songbook, which marks the highly innovative vocal quartetÕs 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 ÒSpainÓ and Ò500 Miles High.Ó Corea, who plays on the CD, has also contributed an original composition entitled ÒFree SambaÓ especially for this album. This release also features special guest appearances by some of the finest musicians in the industry including Christian McBride, Airto, Alex Acu-a, Fred Hersch, Edsel Gomez and Lou Marini, among others.

The platinum selling, world-wide chart topping super group,Êwidely renowned for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative, genre defying sound, made GRAMMY historyÊin 1981Êby becoming the first group to win GRAMMYs simultaneously in both the jazz and pop categories.ÊÊThe 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.Ê 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 forÊthe album.ÊÊTo date, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER has won 10 GRAMMYs and has been nominated for 17 GRAMMYs.

THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER areÊresponsible for bringing Brazilian music to AmericanÊradio stationsÊand for introducing Bob Marley and The Wailers toÊAmerican television audiences, further broadening the horizons of music lovers everywhere.Ê In its formative years, the group developed a strong cult following while playing such New York clubs as Trude Heller's, Reno Sweeney, and Max's Kansas City drawing iconic artists such as Mick Jagger and David Bowie. ÊIn 1975 they cut their Atlantic debut album (signed by the legendary Ahmet Ertegun),Êentitled The Manhattan Transfer, and landed their own highly experimental television show on CBS. They were particularly successful in Europe, where their next two albums, Coming Out and Pastiche, brought them a string of top 10 hits. A live album, The Manhattan Transfer Live, soon followed.

Their next album, Extensions, earned them their first domestic pop hit: "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone," penned by Alan Paul and Jay Graydon andÊfeaturing their version of the hit song ÒBirdland.Ó The most played jazz record of 1980, "Birdland" brought The Transfer their first GRAMMY Award (ÒBest Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or InstrumentalÓ), and the award for ÒBest Arrangement For Voices,Ó which Janis took home.ÊÊIn the following decade, the group released a number of well received albums on different labels includingÊColumbia and Telarc.Ê Ê Forty years later, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER arguably remain the most respected and honored vocal quartet today, after topping both the Downbeat and Playboy "Best Jazz Vocal Group" polls consecutively for a decade from 1980 - 1990.

In celebration of their new CD release as well as 40 years in the entertainment industry, Manhattan Transfer is touring throughout 2009Ñ2010 (with more dates to come). For more information, please visit www.manhattantransfer.net.

The Chick Corea Songbook entered the Billboard Jazz Charts with a great first week in September, debuting at #5.

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