MANHATTAN TRANSFER
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Initié par le chanteur Tim Hauser (1941-2014), Manhattan Transfer, ensemble de jazz vocal, a vu le jour en 1969. C’est au cours des années 1970-1980 que le groupe a conquis le public Nord-Américain (puis européen) comme en témoignent les nombreux Grammy Awards dont ils furent lauréats à divers titres.
Le groupe évolue dans l’univers du jazz avec une perfection propre à la production Nord-Américaine issue des comédies musicales et plus généralement de l’entertainment.
C’est au cours des années 1970 que le groupe s’est imposé avec ses membres les plus singuliers :
- Cheryl Bentyne (1954-….), soprano
- Janis Siegel (1952-….), alto
- Alan Paul (1949-….), ténor
- Tim Hauser (1941-2014), basse
Manhattan Transfer est l’un des (rares) représentants d’une forme specifique au jazz The Vocalese.
Á la fin des années 50, Dave Lambert, John Hendricks et Annie Ross [connus sous le nom de LHR] constituent l’un des premiers groupes vocaux de ce style. Durant les années 60 les Doubles Six adaptent le Vocalese en français sur les étourdissantes paroles de Mimi Perrin (1926-2010) .
Ce style très exigeant a eu peu de continuateurs et il demeure parfaitement représentée par le groupe Manhattan Transfer au cours des années 70-80. Notons que John Hendricks (1921), l’un des fondateurs de LHR, indissociable à cette forme, sera l’un des paroliers/partenaires de Manhattan Transfer.D’après Philippe Baudouin, in Dictionnaire du jazz, de Philippe Carles, André Clergeat et Jean-Louis Comolli.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFiFW6gOrxE
Where ? Down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king there
Down in Birdland
Bird would look, Max would cook,
Where? Down in Birdland
Miles came through, trane came too there
Down in Birdland
Basie blew, Blakey too
Where? Down in Birdland
Cannonball played that hall there
Down in Birdland, yeahL’enregistrement de l’album s’est déroulé en octobre 1979 pour le label Atlantic.Membres du groupe de l’album « Extension » :
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- Cheryl Bentyne : soprano
- Janis Siegel : alto
- Alan Paul : ténor
- Tim Hauser : basse
- Richie Cole : saxophone alto
- Michael Omartian : piano
- David Hungate : basse
- Michael Boddicker : synthétiseur
- Jeff Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey : batterie
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Birdland Lyrics
But I’m still preachin’ the rythym
Long gone uptight years from Birdland
And I’m still teachin’ it with ’em
Years from the land of the Bird
And I am still feelin’ the spirit
5000 light years from Birdland
But I know people can hear itBird named it, Bird made it
Bird heard it, then played it
Well stated Birdland
It happened down in BirdlandIn the middle of that hub
I remember one jazz club
Where we went to pat feet
Down on 52nd Street
Everybody heard that word
That they named it after Bird
Where the rythym swooped and swirled
The jazz corner of the world
And the cats they gigged in there
Were beyond compareBirdland, I’m singing Birdland
Birdland, old swingin’ BirdlandHey man, the music really turns you on
Really? Ya turn me around and turn me onDown them stairs, lose them cares
Where? Down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king there
Down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look
Where? Down in Birdland
Miles came through, trane came too there
Down in Birdland
Basie blew, Blakie too
Where? Down in Birdland
Cannonball played that hall there
Down in Birdland, yeah
There will never be nothin’ such as that
No more, skoo be wah, no more
Down in Birdland, that’s where it was at
I know, ah ah ah ah ah, I know
Back in them days Bop was ridin’ high
Hello, heh heh heh heh heh, goodbye!
How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig
To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig
Yeah, that club was like in another world
Sure enough, yeah baby
All those cats were cookin’ on
People just sat and they were steady lookin’ on
Then Bird, he came and spread the word
Birdland
Yes indeed he did
Yes indeed he did
Yes indeed he did
Yes he did Parker played in Birdland
Yes he really did
Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland
Yes indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland
Yes indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland
Bird named it, Bird made it
Bird heard it, then played it
Well stated Birdland
It happened down in Birdland
Everybody dug that beat
Everybody stomped their feet
Everybody digs be bop
And they’ll never stop
Down them stairs, lose them cares
Yeah, down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look
Yeah, down in Birdland
Miles came through, trane came too
Yeah, down in Birdland
Basie blew, Blakie too
Yeah, down in Birdland
Cannonball played that hall
Yeah, down in Birdland
Down them stairs, lose them cares
Yeah, down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look
Yeah, down in Birdland
Miles came through, trane came too
Yeah, down in Birdland
Basie blew, Blakie too
Yeah, down in Birdland
Cannonball played that hall
Yeah, down in Birdland
Down them stairs, lose them cares
Yeah, down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look
Yeah, down in Birdland
Vocalese live 1986
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