Live (1987 Manhattan Transfer album)

Live is the eleventh album released by The Manhattan Transfer. It was recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Japan on 20 & 21 February 1986. It was released in 1987.

This was the group's second live album, and the first live album with Cheryl Bentyne in the group.

Track listing

 * 1) "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks) - 4:04
 * 2) "Rambo" (Count Basie, J. J. Johnson, Jon Hendricks) - 3:44
 * 3) "(You Should) Meet Benny Bailey" (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks) - 3:12
 * 4) "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins, Jon Hendricks) - 4:21
 * 5) "To You" (Jimmy Giuffre, Thad Jones) - 4:18
 * 6) "Sing Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks) - 6:45
 * 7) "Move" (Denzil Best, Jon Hendricks, Paul Wash) - 3:26
 * 8) "That's Killer Joe" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 5:02
 * 9) "The Duke of Dubuque" (Bill Faber, James Marchant, Lawrence Royal) - 2:49
 * 10) "Gloria" (Adam R. Levy, Esther Navarro) - 2:56
 * 11) "On the Boulevard" (Richard Page) - 3:41
 * 12) "Shaker Song" (David Lasley, Allee Willis) - 3:57
 * 13) "Ray's Rockhouse" (Ray Charles, Jon Hendricks) - 5:10

Personnel
The Manhattan Transfer
 * Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel – vocals

The Band
 * Yaron Gershovsky – keyboards, musical director
 * Wayne Johnson – guitars
 * Alex Blake – bass guitar, acoustic bass
 * Buddy Williams – drums, Yamaha BX-1 headless bass
 * Don Roberts – reeds

Production

 * Producer – Tim Hauser
 * Recording Engineer – Seigen Ono
 * Remix Engineer – Brian Malouf
 * Mixing on Track 8 – Ed Thacker
 * Digital Sequencing – David Collins
 * CD Mastering – Stephen Innocenzi
 * Original Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
 * Art Direction and Design – Fayette Hauser


 * Studios
 * Remixed at Post Logic Studios (Hollywood, California) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California).
 * Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California).