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Released
  
June 1981

Length
  
36:12

Release date
  
June 1981

Producer
  
Jay Graydon

Recorded
  
1980–1981

Artist
  
The Manhattan Transfer

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Mecca for Moderns (1981)
  
The Best of The Manhattan Transfer (1981)

Similar
  
The Manhattan Transfer albums, Jazz albums

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Mecca for Moderns is the sixth album by The Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records.

Contents

This album was the highest charting album to date for the group, peaking on Billboard magazine's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart at No. 22. With this album, the Manhattan Transfer became the first group to win Grammy Awards in both the pop and jazz categories in the same year.

Awards

The song "The Boy from New York City" became their first top 10 hit, reaching #7 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart. This song also won the group the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.

The song "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)" also earned them a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group.

The song "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" which was arranged by Gene Puerling, won the Grammy Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices.

The song "Spies In The Night", which incorporates the "James Bond Theme", also charted on Billboard Magazine's Bubbling Under chart, peaking at #103.

Album name

According to Tim Hauser, he picked up the name for this album from a Duke Ellington album entitled Live at the Blue Note 1952. "While reading the cover, he noticed it said 'The Blue Note was a haven for the smart set, in fact, the real mecca for moderns.' The group liked the phrase, and it fit well with the album concept."

Track listing

  1. "On the Boulevard" (Richard Page, Jay Graydon, Marc Jordan) - 4:08
  2. "The Boy from New York City" (George Davis, John T. Taylor) - 3:40
  3. "(Wanted) Dead or Alive" (S. Francisco) - 3:27
  4. "Spies in the Night" (David Foster, Jay Graydon) - 3:59
  5. "Smile Again" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) - 4:33
  6. "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) - 5:17
  7. "(The Word of) Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 3:14
  8. "Kafka" (Bernard Kafka, Jay Graydon) - 4:08
  9. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 3:46

The Manhattan Transfer

  • Cheryl Bentyne, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser: lead & backing vocals

    • Musicians

  • Jay Graydon – guitar, synthesizer
  • David Foster – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
  • Steve George – synthesizer
  • Victor Feldman – keyboards
  • Greg Mathieson – organ, synthesizer
  • Milchio Leviev, Yaron Gershovsky – piano
  • Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
  • Don Roberts – saxophone
  • Richie Cole – saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet
  • Al Viola, Dean Parks, Steve Lukather – guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass
  • Jon Hendricks – scatting
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Mike Baird – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Andy Narell – steel drums, cowbell

    • Production

  • Arranged by Jay Graydon and Gene Puerling
  • Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jay Graydon

    • Songs

    1On the Boulevard4:09
    2Boy From New York City3:42
    3(Wanted) Dead or Alive3:26

    References

    Mecca for Moderns Wikipedia
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