The Manhattan Transfer

" Janice all right Cheryl Ben's time is vocal been seen -- vocal fan Hauser is -- Allen Paul vocal than Janis Siegel. Vocal all of you all have that's actually this morning as it is yeah we had no accompaniment that you guys were Wallace that. How all -- built. The Manhattan Transfer you brought. Brazilian music and then you brought for the first time on television Bob Marley."

" To the world well I think I think the only TV appearance. -- in the United States was on TV show and really. That's why I'll -- it wouldn't -- that's been doing. Did you -- young I mean I I imagine you've been hanging out at the spot I know enough time for the day."

" Well we've been busy we've been recording and touring we tour internationally and so we he's here we just."

" Yeah I guess -- could whenever I see big bands like yourself that we big found that people knew you back in the eighties and you were yes. You're the hot hot hot found. It to different -- the break up. Never did we might technically what I think together we have a solid standings. Yet -- I've got -- of."

" Well no solid finish here we have a solid fan base in Europe we have a solid fan base in Asia. So. We go to Europe twice here and we go in in the summer. For about a month and we go usually in November from a we go to -- excellence in here and and we were intimately -- the United States we all have. Young children so we try to -- are scheduled so that we can stay home enough. Maybe you know with the kids and left for parenting and sunny and it's it's -- we --"

" Now -- for the new album -- yes I know warning system. Forty and forty -- anniversary we're about to celebrate our first so it's very very professional but they hear it you can. Yeah they should -- Now. Up. For a bottom of them welcome back season from new policy or pattern of Vietnam that the we -- it accurately. Incorporate our our big stars. -- Say a big hello for me. From Louisiana they still sound as good as the first time I've heard -- rich -- That's me so that you've got this new album out telling about the new problem."

" Well it's all of these degrees so Chick Corea. I used to play piano so I I --"

" You know and it's all of his music. And it was -- you know incredible journey going through this. -- there are complexities. Rhythmically and harmonic lead to chicks music and we we got out of the multitude of songs that he has we've picked like twelve songs and -- plays on the album."

" Wrote a song for -- actually Bruins have yet. You -- you win this program you can. Look up and suddenly. A look at you that you are so beautiful can you show that. I -- have had a anyway okay kind of show that's so funny I'll tell you out of Manhattan Transfer the Chick Corea -- You can go out and get it today yes yes wow okay -- this is wonderful and there's actually a -- here. Our eggs and -- I know I love this question about it I I I feel a little karaoke. Yeah. I shouldn't you -- no idea I love country music I try to and one half mile out -- About the food that I needed to prepare for karaoke exactly did you wanna see Spain Horry -- You haven't exactly. What you think you heard it here you worked at the plate funny but well things things and I tell you what. This will be on their song list. Within 48 hours in the releasing and that's how good this this one karaoke that you wear and how might. At 6 o'clock -- openly holding long -- anyway I always think of greatness because now like I have new material. And I have the -- I wish you -- yeah."

" Why are you guys well I -- music is pretty involved -- you know -- it it. Of course particularly is a great jazz musician but I think. It's it's turned into something more than this means that it did and -- a new I think John -- music. By putting voices on -- you'll know in -- And let's."

" Part of what you think which he said that's kind of like it's and it's what you've always talked about is the idea of contemporary pop -- like -- taking taking. Pop music and at at putting it in and hitting it."

" Then they have -- a that's cool you know I -- your thoughts to hear bands that stay together a long time and I think you know how rare that is. The spam -- break up I mean it's plagued and then they get back together again and they break up and then -- sound the same with some members get. But only because it doesn't stay together you've been able to watch the music scene. Yeah economy gestalt view when you know in the eighties we had a definite now we have like flock of seagulls -- and you have stood out because you were you were she hasn't different. How do you feel about today's music."

" Think it's completely different it's completely change the whole paradigm of the music industry history. And I think in the ninety's -- was kind of like a retrospective. In a sense of all the music that was before and then once we we hit the new century. I think -- kind of evolved into. It into something different and especially with the Internet now. There's a lot of independent artists that that have a you know a place to showcase and there's a lot I find that there's a lot of it almost reminds me like the seventies. Where there was a lot of different music that you could listen to. As --"

" Up and down side. Change it happened. With the Internet. In earlier times. Because radio. Played such a big role there were record retail outlets. You know there were definite styles of music that were out there and because they were the big stuff everyone liked Motown and so they were influencing a lot of kids -- today. If it's so proliferated. There's years here that you you go to school and talk to kids play music. You're gonna come up with so many different points of view of of what they're doing. This is what I experience with my own kids growing up and my -- as a musician. But you do you go to the -- he -- that it says -- his -- for any business that -- kids in the fall okay but it's a full with that kind of a different. Let me get healthy twist to a -- someone's in the bluegrass but he also likes -- from."

" Really proliferating. I think -- healthy I think we had someone -- the things that I've noticed that maybe that will oops I'd better not I don't know that. I haven't Macintosh for the first time and there's something called rock band you know yes and and I -- that you can create your own music now an end. Like people who don't really know anything about music are creating found value in Iran having the kids are gonna have what do you do you just --"

" Whole phenomenon that is impacting. Our musicians like us is -- the year the the point is that everyone can make music -- you -- in the American Idol phenomenon maybe you can dance you know."

" Would you guys yeah you're gonna -- on American Idol. Eight and well with an ornament tree -- yeah great. They haven't really done vocal group here oh well yeah any contest yeah. -- yeah. I don't gestures and body your -- I I've got everything you know I thought Boston a few weeks back and wow. They are re all in. From Watertown Massachusetts. Thank you from Dubuque Iowa well the prize. I'm -- from Calais. For -- yeah yeah yeah yeah from you. Not -- Korea and Manhattan Transfer can't wait to get the new CD and I can't believe me I can't believe they would create -- new genre are I can't believe. Korea is a real crossover fan from way back. -- she's I don't want me your hand we'll mention it in the world. Me. Why is something called and I think something -- The blue note we -- we have yeah we've had actually that's that's really bringing it back however it. There's greatness that we didn't I think we we did twelve shows you have got your dates here forgive me you're right have rounded up with that and we don't know I go forward -- in the united Pakistan -- you. -- yeah that's nothing yet it goes on and I. Tomorrow -- the ink in Albany Albany and -- and then in between here we're going to Europe for about four days you don't have Fort Collins, Colorado. Which is the Colorado Springs area here -- used to live there and funding you know we can that are there then got a laugh like that. I know I can tell me emails and wanna hear more from you think so I'm. There -- That. Okay I'll let you guys go back to beat the little studio thing to -- about that -- this thing off the air -- can this morning. You think yeah. Have a freaknik -- Tell me which one your."

" And it do it's it's on very little one step closer. Okay that was originally coal went went -- record isn't from all the -- that. Of the nineteenth we wrote lyrics of school one step closer all right okay and you're gonna have some -- behind you this time which is always good although -- Capellan constant delicious. Anything."

" I mean -- yeah like you you are the after breakfast. That that I mean that that yes definitely very very tasty. A pleasure to meet you all man and I transfer an out this morning happy fortieth anniversary for the man. I am I hope that's good about it yeah yeah absolutely. Not look like lots of -- and there's less milk."