Manhattan Transfer – Pastiche (1978)

Side 1:
01) Four Brothers
02) A Gal In Calico
03) Love For Sale
04) Je Voulais
05) On A Little Street In Singapore
06) In A Mellow Tone

Side 2:
01) Walk In Love
02) Who, What, When, Where, Why
03) It's Not The Spotlight
04) Pieces Of Dreams
05) Where Did Our Love Go

The Mahattan Transfer:
Tim Hauser - Vocals
Laurel Massé - Vocals
Alan Paul - Vocals
Janis Siegel - Associate Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals

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Wayne Andre - Trombone
Jeanne Ashby - Harp
John Barnes - Piano
Ben Benay - Guitar, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Michael Boddicker - Keyboards
Mike Boddiker - Keyboards
Oscar Brashear 	- Trumpet
Randy Brecker 	- Trumpet
Garnett Brown - Trombone
Pete Christlieb - Reeds
Al Cohn - Saxophone
Steve Cropper - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Remixing
Lew Del Gatto - Saxophone
Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
Scott Edwards - Bass
Larry Emerine - Cymbals, Percussion, Remixing
Buddy Emmons - Guitar (Steel)
Vincent Fanuele - Trombone
Victor Feldman - Keyboards, Percussion
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
David Foster - Keyboards, Piano
Dick Frank - Guitar
Dave Frishberg 	- Keyboards, Piano
Steve Gadd - Drums
Johnny Gimble - Fiddle, Violin
Jimmy Giuffre - 	Saxophone
Gene Goe - Trumpet
Jim Gordon - Drums
Jay Graydon - Guitar, Rhythm Track, Synthesizer
Herbie Green - Trombone
Urbie Green - Trombone
Don Grolnick - Fender Rhodes, Keyboards
Bobbye Hall - Percussion
Willie Hall - Drums
Tim Hauser - Vocals
Tom Hensley - Keyboards, Piano
Herbert Hester 	- Fiddle
Pete Johnson - Drums
Wayne Johnson - Guitar
Booker T. Jones - Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Lee Konitz - Saxophone
Irvin "Marky" Markowitz - Trumpet
Laurel Massé - Vocals
Jon Mayer - Fender Rhodes, Piano
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Mike Melvoin - Keyboards
Don Menza - Reeds
Jay Migliori - Reeds
Andy Muson - Bass
Ira Newborn - Arranger, Conductor, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Michael Omartian - Keyboards
Gene Page - Conductor, String Arrangements, Strings
Olivia Page - Contractor
Alan Paul - Vocals
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Don Rader - Trumpet
Jack Redmond - Trombone
Don Roberts - Sax (Baritone), Wind
Joe Roccisano - Reeds
Art Rodriguez - Drums
John "Dandy" Rodriguez - Percussion
Alan Rubin - Trumpet
Steven Schaeffer - Drums
Michael Schnoebelen - Bass
Willie Schwartz - Reeds
Janis Siegel - Associate Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Marvin Stamm - Trumpet
David Taylor - Trombone
Richard Tee - Piano
Tommy Vig - Percussion
Pete Wade - Guitar
David Wallace - Calliope, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Piano
Britt Woodman - Trombone
Stu Woods  - Bass

The dictionary definition of "pastiche" is an artistic composition imitating or caricaturing previous works, so given the lack of home-grown material here, it is hard to say what the Manhattan Transfer meant by this title. In any case, this assortment of odds and ends from various eras in American music -- recorded in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Australia -- finds the Transfer casting its lines in search of a direction that it had yet to find. But there are signs that they were getting close. The Transfer's stunning rendition of "Four Brothers," with composer Jimmy Giuffre present in the sax section, marks the beginning of their championing of the words of Jon Hendricks and placed the Transfer in position to claim the long-vacant throne of group vocalese. Otherwise, there are curiosities like a quasi-C&W-tinted rendition of "Love for Sale" staffed by some of Nashville's finest, fairly ordinary covers of rock and R&B numbers, and as yet, only a few traces of real distinction. ---Richard S. Ginell, Rovi

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