Extensions (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Extensions is the fifth studio album by The Manhattan Transfer, released on October 31, 1979, by Atlantic Records.

Extensions
Studio album by
The Manhattan Transfer
ReleasedOctober 31, 1979 (1979-10-31)
Genre
Length37:02
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJay Graydon
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The 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 Massé in early 1979. It was also their first album with Jay Graydon in the producer's chair. It was also the first album that contained 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".

Charts

Extensions debuted on Billboard's Top Pop Album chart on December 8, 1979.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Birdland"Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul6:00
2."Wacky Dust"Stanley Adams, Oscar Levant3:10
3."Nothin' You Can Do About It"David Foster, Jay Graydon, Steve Kipner4:25
4."Coo Coo-U"Bill Loughborough, David "Buck" Wheat2:13
5."Body and Soul"Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour4:26
6."Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone"Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul6:05
7."Trickle Trickle"Clarence Bassett2:19
8."Shaker Song"Jay Beckenstein, David Lasley, Allee Willis4:30
9."Foreign Affair"Tom Waits3:54

Personnel

The 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 Acuña – 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
  • 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&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 – Koelle

References
  1. LA Times Grammy winners database Accessed 2008 April 14.



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