Live (1987 Manhattan Transfer album) explained

Live
Type:	live
Artist:	The Manhattan Transfer
Cover:	The Manhattan Transfer Live.jpg
Released:	June 1987
Recorded:	February 20–21, 1986
Venue:	Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Tim Hauser
Prev Title:	Vocalese
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Brasil
Next Year:	1987

Live is the eleventh album released by The Manhattan Transfer. It was recorded live at the Nakano Sunplaza Hall in Japan on February 20 and 21, 1986. It was released in June 1987.

This was the group's third live album, and the first live album with Cheryl Bentyne in the group.

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

• Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel – vocals

The Band

• Yaron Gershovsky – keyboards, musical director
• Wayne Johnson – guitars
• Alex Blake – bass guitar, acoustic bass
• Buddy Williams – drums, Yamaha BX-1 headless bass
• Don Roberts – reeds

Production

• Producer – Tim Hauser
• Recording Engineer – Seigen Ono
• Remix Engineer – Brian Malouf
• Mixing on Track 8 – Ed Thacker
• Digital Sequencing – David Collins
• CD Mastering – Stephen Innocenzi
• Original Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
• Art Direction and Design – Fayette Hauser

Studios

• Remixed at Post Logic Studios (Hollywood, California) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California).
• Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California).

Sources

• The Manhattan Transfer Official Website