1992 The Manhattan Transfer – The Christmas Album
The Christmas Album is the fourteenth album by The Manhattan Transfer, released in 1992 on Columbia Records.
This album was produced by Tim Hauser and Johnny Mandel and features a guest appearance by Tony Bennett on “The Christmas Song”. The album also includes “Good Night”, the only Beatles song the Manhattan Transfer has recorded
Tracks
1 Snowfall (Claude Thornhill; Ruth Thornhill) 05:35
2 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Jule Styne; Sammy Cahn) 04:35
3 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Santa Man (Medley) (Fred Coots; Haven Gillespie; Alan Paul) 03:02
4 The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé; Robert Wells) 04:40
5 Silent Night, Holy Night (Franz Gruber; Joseph Mohr) 05:55
6 Caroling, Caroling (Alfred S Burt) 01:24
7 Happy Holiday , The Holiday Season (Medley) (Irving Berlin; Kay Thompson) 04:07
8 A Christmas Love Song (Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman) 04:08
9 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Edmund Sears) 05:55
10 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin; Ralph Blane) 04:39
11 Goodnight (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) 03:51
Media
Musicians
| Bass | Chuck Domanico |
| Bass | Jim Hughart |
| Drums | Ralph Humphrey |
| Drums | Sol Gubin |
| Guitar | John Pisano |
| Keyboards | Ian Underwood |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| French Horn | Brad Warnaar |
| French Horn | Jeff DeRosa |
| French Horn | Marnie Johnson |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| Reeds | Bob Cooper |
| Reeds | Bob Tricarico |
| Reeds | Dick Mitchell |
| Reeds | Don Shelton |
| Reeds | Gary Foster |
| Reeds | Jack Nimitz |
| Reeds | Jim Walker |
| Reeds | Marshall Royal |
| Reeds | Pete Christlieb |
| Reeds | Ronny Lang |
| Reeds | Steve Kujala |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Chauncey Welsch |
| Trombone | Dick Nash |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Bobby Shew |
| Trumpet | Charles Davis |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison |
| Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
| Trumpet | Rick Baptiste |
| Trumpet | Warren Luening |
| Percussion | Daniel Greco |
| Percussion | Larry Bunker |
| Percussion | Sol Gubin |
| Vocals | Alan Paul |
| Vocals | Cheryl Bentyne |
| Vocals | Janis Siegel |
| Vocals | Tim Hauser |
Strings & Choir
Double Bass – Ann Atkinson, Art Davis, Buell Neidlinger, Margaret Storer
Cello – Anne Karam, David Shamban, Ernie Ehrhardt, Frederick Seykora, Igor Horoshevsky, Larry Corbett, Ray Kelley, Suzie Katayama
Harp – Amy Shulman, Carol Robbins, Gayle Levant
Viola – Herschel Wise, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Linda Lipsett, Margot MacLaine, Marilyn Baker, Michael Nowak, Peter Hatch, Roland Kato, Samuel Boghossian
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Brian Leonard, Debra Price, Diana Halprin, Donald Palmer, Elizabeth Wilson, Gerald Vinci, Gordon Marron, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, John Wittenberg, John Goodman, Leslie Woodbury, Marc Sazer, Mari Tsumura, Peter Kent, Robert Sushel, Ron Clark, Shari Zippert
Choir (Children) – Bobbi Page, Jason Kaleb Henley, Jeffrey Smith, Jonathan Redford, Joseph Bwarie, Josh Weiner, Marc Schillinger, Marc Smollin, Nicolas Nackley, Quincy McCrary, Sally Stevens, Susan Stevens
Vocals (Children’s) – Arielle Paul, Basie Hauser, Keely Pickering (Track 11)
Liner Notes
Producer – Johnny Mandel, Tim Hauser
Producer (Executive) – Robin Urdang
Arranged By – Jack Schrader, Richard S Willis (Tracks 9, 10)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Johnny Mandel
Arranged By (Vocals) – Gene Puerling (Tracks 1, 4, 9)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Johnny Mandel (Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 11)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Janis Siegel (Track 2)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Brin Bethel, Jimmy Joyce (Track 6)
Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci
Conductor (Orchestra) – Eddie Karam
Contractor (Orchestra) – Jules Chaikin
Coordinator (Production) – Ivy Skoff
Directed By (Children’s Choir) – Sally Stevens (Tracks 5, 9)
Engineer (Additional), Engineer (Assistant) – Keith Kresgy
Engineer (Assistant) – Eric Rudd
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Hank Cicalo
Recorded By (Orchestra) – Al Schmitt
Recorded By (Vocals) – David Reitzas
Art Direction – Nancy Donald
Photography By – Diego Uchitel
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-078440
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Devonshire Studios
Mixed At – Bill Schnee Studios
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering