The Junction (The Manhattan Transfer album)

The Junction is an album by The Manhattan Transfer, released on March 30, 2018. This is their first album in nine years since their last album; The Chick Corea Songbook.

This article is about the 2018 album by The Manhattan Transfer. For the 2007 album by The Junction, see The Junction (album). For other uses, see The Junction (disambiguation).
The Junction
Studio album by
The Manhattan Transfer
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018
StudioLeapyear Studio, Los Angeles
GenreCrossover jazz
LabelBMG Rights Management
ProducerMervyn Warren
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The Chick Corea Songbook
(2009)		 The Junction
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

It was the first album by the group to feature Trist Curless on bass following the death of Tim Hauser in 2014.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cantaloop (Flip Out!)"Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Kelly, Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson4:43
2."Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)"Don Breithaupt, Alan Paul3:11
3."The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"Andy Partridge3:49
4."Blues for Harry Bosch"Cheryl Bentyne, Grace Kelly4:24
5."Shake Ya Boogie"Adam Dorn, Janis Siegel, Mervyn Warren4:23
6."Sometimes I Do"Mervyn Warren4:54
7."Ugly Man"Rickie Lee Jones4:48
8."The Junction"Trist Curless, Christopher Harrison, Mervyn Warren4:56
9."Tequila/The Way of the Booze"Daniel Flores, Alan Paul3:04
10."The Paradise Within (Paradise Found)"Les Baxter, Alan Paul5:00

Personnel
  • Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, Trist Curless – vocals (all tracks)
  • Alan Paul – vocal arrangement (2, 9), keyboards (2)
  • Mervyn Warren – vocal arrangement (all tracks), horn arrangement (2, 3, 9), string arrangement (6), drum programming (all tracks), keyboards (all tracks), bass (2)
  • Brian Benning – strings (6, 9, 10)
  • Don Breithaupt – keyboards (2), drum programming (2)
  • Can Canbolat – strings (6, 10)
  • Adam Dorn (credited as Mocean Worker) – keyboards (5), drum programming (5)
  • Eddie Ellis – guitar (2)
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone (2, 3, 9)
  • Scott Frankfurt – drums (4), percussion (4)
  • Yaron Gershovsky – piano (1)
  • Christopher Harrison – keyboards (8), drum programming (8)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 6, 9)
  • Grace Kelly – saxophone (4)
  • Luisito Quintero – percussion (7)
  • Ray Reinebach – strings (10)
  • Jen Simone – strings (6)
  • Knox Summerour – flugelhorn (3), trumpet (9)

References
  1. Collar, Matt. "The Manhattan Transfer – The Junction". AllMusic.


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