Couldn’t Be Hotter is a live album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2004 on the Telarc label. This is their third all-live album with Cheryl Bentyne. It was recorded during a tour of Japan over two nights at Orchestra Hall in Tokyo.
Reviews
- "The Transfer's first live recording in seven years. And, yes, after more than two decades in existence, they're still pretty hot."
- -- Los Angeles Times
- "A great live set by the vocal quartet who specialize in jazz vocalese, still harmonizing strongly with 30-plus years under their belts."
- -- Goldmine
- "This impressive set shows that the Transfer is still at the peak of their collective powers...it's time we acknowledged them as one of the very best of a dying breed, THE classic vocal group. This CD is proof positive . "Couldn't Be Hotter" indeed."
- -- JazzReview.com
- "Recorded in Japan, Couldn't Be Hotter fully displays the humor and soaring interplay of Hauser, Siegel, Paul, and Bentyne as they re-establish themselves as the premiere vocal quartet."
- -- Rhythm & News
Track listing
# |
Song title |
Composer/songwriter |
length |
1 |
Old Man Mose |
Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph |
2:46 |
2 |
Sing Moten's Swing |
Jon Hendricks, Bennie Moten, Ira Moten |
3:42 |
3 |
A-Tisket, A-Tasket |
Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald |
3:06 |
4 |
Sugar |
Sidney D. Mitchell, Edna Pinkard, Maceo Pinkard |
3:41 |
5 |
(Up A) Lazy River |
Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael |
5:38 |
6 |
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? |
Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange |
5:32 |
7 |
Stars Fell on Alabama |
Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins |
4:32 |
8 |
Gone Fishin' |
Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny |
5:03 |
9 |
Blue Again |
Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh |
5:29 |
10 |
Clouds |
Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt |
7:51 |
11 |
Stompin' at Mahogany Hall |
Alan Paul, Spencer Williams |
3:08 |
12 |
Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That |
Lillian Armstrong |
6:43 |
13 |
It's Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) |
Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Alan Paul |
3:14 |
14 |
Don't Let Go |
Jesse Stone |
4:18 |
15 |
Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone |
Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul |
4:15 |
16 |
My Foolish Heart |
Ned Washington, Victor Young |
8:25 |
References / Sources
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- Erin Dickins
- Laurel Massé
- Marty Nelson
- Gene Pistilli
- Pat Rosalia
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Book:The Manhattan Transfer |
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