The Manhattan Transfer performed for Soundstage back in 1980. Part of this performance features Cheryl doing a solo of Parker's mood. I saw the show when it was broadcast, this piece was not a part of it but was packaged in the not "long-in-print" version that came out a couple of years later. Enjoy.

Do you Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans.

Cheryl Bentyne is a member of The Manhattan Transfer and this is a great song from her first solo CD.

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

This Manhattan Transfer clip is from a 1987 tour of Japan. The vocals are, of course, performed by Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Cheryl Bentyne. The MT band, during this tour, included Yaron Gershovsky (MD-piano-keyboards), Alex Blake (bass), Buddy Williams (drums), Don Roberts (sax), and Frank Colon (percussion).

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986

Vocalese master Jon Hendricks sings Airegin with The Manhattan Transfer at Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival (July 19th 1991)

Manhattan Transfer's "Brasil" CD is one of the finest music albums that this group ever recorded! This video features a percussion solo by Frank Colon, as well as the participation of Yaron Gershovsky/piano-keys, Buddy Williams/drums, Wayne Johnson/guitar, Don Roberts/sax, and the virtuosic Alex Blake/bass.

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 This Lylyc written by John Hendrix

Stan Getz se joint au groupe Manhattan Transfer (Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, Allan Paul, Tim Hauser) sur Joy Spring (de Clifford Brown) enregistré en 1989 à Stuttgart

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

The Manhattan Transfer 1992

Concert clip of the legendary Manhattan Transfer performing Ella Fitzgerald's famous A'tisket A'tasket at the Imatra Big Band festival in Finland. Check out Janis Siegel's hilarious/superb trumpet solo !

Manhattan Transfer Vocalies Live at Tokyo in Japan 1986 Janis Siegel Alan Paul Tim Hauser Cheryl Bentyne Manhattan Transfer Band Guitars:Wayne Johnson (Washington) Drums & Bx:Buddy Williams (Brooklin) Bass:Alex Blake (New York) Saxophone & Reeds:Don Roberts (Los Angeles) Musical Directors & Keyboard:Yaron Gershovsky

I've always loved this group! Nothing like Jazz & Christmas together.

TMT live performance at San Javier Jazz Festival (Murcia, Spain). July 8th 2003. Doodlin' (music: Horace Silver, vocalese lyrics: Jon Hendricks, vocal arrangement: Janis Siegel, music arrangement: Yaron Gershovsky, Steve Hass & Richie Goods). Recorded on Vibrate (Telarc, 2004).

Mary Wilson of the Supremes introduces The Manhattan Transfer (Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel and Alan Paul) as they perform "For You" in this 1990 clip. A gala concert to benefit the Dionne Warwick Foundation.

The Manhattan Transfer was founded in 1972 by singers Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé and Tim Hauser. Performances at Max's Kansas City, Trude Heller's and Reno Sweeney in New York City soon brought them a cult following, and it was at the latter venue that Ahmet Ertegün, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records, saw them and offered a reco...

Short clip from the concert of the great Manhattan Transfer performing Rufus Wainwright's "Vibrate" in Turku, Finland 2005.