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The Spirit of St. Louis by Manhattan Transfer (CD, Oct-2000, Atlantic USA) 
The Spirit of St. Louis by Manhattan Transfer (CD, Oct-2000, Atlantic USA)

 
The Spirit of St. Louis by Manhattan Transfer (CD, Oct-2000, Atlantic USA)

Artist: Manhattan Transfer
Release Date: Oct 2000
Format: CD
Record Label: Atlantic (USA)
Genre: Contemp. Pop Vocals, Pop Vocal
UPC: 075678339424
Product ID: EPID3425775
Description: Manhattan Transfer: Tim Hauser, Cheryl Bentyne, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel. Additional personnel includes: Gabriel Skoletsky (vocals); Greg Leisz (guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin); David Torn (guitar, loops); Chris Bruce, Smokey Hormel...
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Track Listing
1. Stompin' at Mahogany Hall
2. Blues Are Brewin', The
3. Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine)
4. Kiss to Build a Dream On, A
5. Old Man Mose
6. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
7. Gone Fishin'
8. Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That
9. Blue Again
10. When You Wish Upon a Star

Details
Contributing Artists:David Torn, Greg Leisz, Jon Hassell, Steve Berlin
Producer:Craig Street
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Manhattan Transfer: Tim Hauser, Cheryl Bentyne, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel.
Additional personnel includes: Gabriel Skoletsky (vocals); Greg Leisz (guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin); David Torn (guitar, loops); Chris Bruce, Smokey Hormel (guitar); Joel Deroun, Rachel Purkin, Michele Richards (violin); David Campbell (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Jon Clarke (clarinet, saxophone, winds); John Rotella (clarinet); Teddy Borowiecki (accordion, organ, piano); Steve Berlin, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso (saxophone); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Patrick Warren (Chamberlin, Marxophone); Emil Richards (vibraphone); David Piltch, Oscar Meza, Jr. (bass); Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums, loops).
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.
That's St. Louis as in Louis Armstrong, to whom this album--comprised of pop and jazz songs associated with him--is dedicated. The clue to the album's style, however, is on the back cover of the CD booklet--it's an old 78 RPM test pressing with the original Atlantic Records logo. In other words, this is the Manhattan Transfer's version of low-fi.
Instead of the hyper-slick productions found on the band's earlier albums, the songs here are mostly performed with minimal backing, and the overall aesthetic is dominated by sound effect loops, wheezing pump organ and accordion, comically honking saxophones, and piano and drums recorded as unrealistically as possible. In fact, with the exception of the group's trademark lush harmonies, this is all so eccentric it could pass for a Tom Waits album. Does it work? It certainly does on "Old Man Mose," which was born to be the soundtrack for an old Fleischer Brothers cartoon. As for the rest, it depends on how you feel about irony, but the answer in the end is yes--THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is an audacious and occasionally brilliant album.

Editorial Reviews
...The album invokes Satchmo's gruff-but-wistful appeal through an adventurous range of traditional to postmodern arrangements...
JazzTimes (03/01/2001)

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