Manhattan Transfer does Corea; I'll buy it...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Forty years ago, Tim Hauser put together a sophisticated little singing group he hoped would make a few hits. The Manhattan Transfer went on to top music charts in Europe, dominate the U.S. jazz vocal scene for four decades, win Grammys in pop and jazz categories and even equal Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album for Grammy nominations. Hauser is still stunned by the success he and fellow singers, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel and Cheryl Bentyne have achieved around the world. "I wanted to make a couple of hit records and work in the United States," Hauser told Reuters in a recent interview. Asked whether he imagined his group would still be making music 40 years later, he said: "No, I never thought that way. - complete article

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