Couldn't Be Hotter

Live album by The Manhattan Transfer

Released

2003

Recorded

December 2000

Genre

Jazz

Length

77:32

The Manhattan Transfer chronology

The Spirit of St. Louis
(2000)

Couldn't Be Hotter
(2003)

Vibrate
(2004)

Couldn’t Be Hotter is a live album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2003 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

The Manhattan Transfer Official Website (requires Flash)

The Manhattan Transfer

Cheryl Bentyne Trist Curless Alan Paul Janis Siegel Tim Hauser Erin Dickins Laurel Massé Marty Nelson Gene Pistilli Pat Rosalia

Studio albums	Jukin' The Manhattan Transfer Coming Out Pastiche Extensions Mecca for Moderns Bodies and Souls Bop Doo-Wopp Vocalese Brasil The Offbeat of Avenues The Christmas Album The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby the Tuba Tonin' Swing The Spirit of St. Louis Vibrate An Acapella Christmas The Symphony Sessions The Chick Corea Songbook

Live albums	The Manhattan Transfer Live Live Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo Couldn't Be Hotter

Compilation albums	The Best of The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland The Very Best of The Manhattan Transfer Boy from New York City and Other Hits The Definitive Pop Collection

Singles	"Tuxedo Junction" "Chanson D'Amour" "On a Little Street in Singapore" "Where Did Our Love Go"/"Je Voulais Te Dire (Que Je T'Attends)" "The Boy from New York City" "Route 66"

Book:The Manhattan Transfer

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