Marking a new era for the group, the album was the first one with Cheryl Bentyne, who replaced Laurel Massé in early 1979. It was also their first album with Jay Graydon in the producer's chair and their first to contain songs that were hits in both the jazz and pop categories. The song "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Disco chart and No. 30 on the Hot 100. "Trickle, Trickle" reached No. 73 on the Hot 100. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
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extensions, manhattan, transfer, album, extensions, fifth, studio, album, manhattan, transfer, released, october, 1979, atlantic, records, extensionsstudio, album, manhattan, transferreleasedoctober, 1979, 1979, genrevocal, jazz, poplength37, 02labelatlanticpr. Extensions is the fifth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer released on October 31 1979 by Atlantic Records ExtensionsStudio album by The Manhattan TransferReleasedOctober 31 1979 1979 10 31 GenreVocal jazz popLength37 02LabelAtlanticProducerJay GraydonThe Manhattan Transfer chronologyThe Manhattan Transfer Live 1978 Extensions 1979 Mecca for Moderns 1981 Marking a new era for the group the album was the first one with Cheryl Bentyne who replaced Laurel Masse in early 1979 It was also their first album with Jay Graydon in the producer s chair and their first to contain songs that were hits in both the jazz and pop categories The song Twilight Zone Twilight Tone reached No 4 on the Billboard Disco chart and No 30 on the Hot 100 Trickle Trickle reached No 73 on the Hot 100 The album reached No 55 on the Billboard Top LPs chart The most widely known song from this album Birdland by Weather Report won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1981 1 Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics for the vocalese version on the album and Janis Siegel received a Grammy for her vocal arrangement of Birdland Contents 1 Charts 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Production 4 ReferencesCharts EditExtensions debuted on Billboard s Top Pop Album chart on December 8 1979 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Birdland Jon Hendricks Joe Zawinul6 002 Wacky Dust Stanley Adams Oscar Levant3 103 Nothin You Can Do About It David Foster Jay Graydon Steve Kipner4 254 Coo Coo U Bill Loughborough David Buck Wheat2 135 Body and Soul Frank Eyton Johnny Green Edward Heyman Robert Sour4 266 Twilight Zone Twilight Tone Bernard Herrmann Jay Graydon Alan Paul6 057 Trickle Trickle Clarence Bassett2 198 Shaker Song Jay Beckenstein David Lasley Allee Willis4 309 Foreign Affair Tom Waits3 54Personnel EditThe Manhattan Transfer Cheryl Bentyne vocals arrangements 7 Tim Hauser vocals arrangements 4 7 8 vocal arrangement 8 Alan Paul vocals arrangements 6 7 Janis Siegel vocals vocal arrangement 1 2 8 arrangements 7 8 Musicians Michael Omartian acoustic piano 1 7 rhythm arrangements 1 Michael Boddicker synthesizers 1 4 6 synthesizer programming 2 vocoder 4 Greg Mathieson synthesizers 2 bass 2 rhythm arrangements 2 8 synth solo 3 arrangements 4 acoustic piano 8 Fender Rhodes 8 David Foster acoustic piano 3 synthesizers 3 arrangements 3 Ian Underwood synthesizers 3 Jay Graydon vocal arrangements 2 synthesizers 3 guitar 3 6 7 arrangements 3 6 7 muted guitars 6 guitar solo 6 additional vocals 6 gut string guitar 8 synthesizer programming 8 Bill Mays acoustic piano 5 Jai Winding acoustic piano 6 Jimmy Wyble rhythm guitar 2 Steve Lukather rhythm guitar 6 Dean Parks guitar 7 electric guitar 8 David Hungate bass 1 2 3 6 Chuck Domanico bass 5 Abraham Laboriel bass 7 Andy Muson bass 8 Ralph Humphrey drums 1 2 3 5 7 Jeff Porcaro drums 1 6 anvil 6 bongos 6 Alex Acuna drums 8 Paulinho da Costa congas 7 percussion 8 Richie Cole alto saxophone 1 alto sax solo 8 Don Roberts piccolo flute 6 tenor sax solo 7 Phil Mattson arrangements 5 Gene Puerling arrangements 9 Clare Fischer conductor 9 Production Edit Producer Mixing and Overdub Tracking Jay Graydon Basic Tracks recorded by Joseph Bogan and Bill Thomas Basic Tracks recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios San Fernando CA Overdubs and Mixing at Garden Rake Studios Studio City CA Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A amp M Studios Hollywood CA Musical Contractor Frank DeCaro Art Direction and Design Tako Ono Front Cover Illustration Pater Sato Back Cover Photo Matthew Rolston Costume Design Jean Paul Gaultier Hair Pascal Make Up KoelleReferences Edit LA Times Grammy winners database Accessed 2008 April 14 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Extensions The Manhattan Transfer album amp oldid 1104676368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
