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Traveling a wave of nostalgia within the ’70s, the Manhattan Transfer resurrected jazz styles from boogie-woogie to bop to vocalese within a slick, slightly commercial placing that well balanced the group’s close harmonies. Originally produced in 1969, the quartet documented many albums of jazz criteria in addition to much materials …

Laurel Massé was a genuine person in the Manhattan Transfer and, although she’s not became that famous within the years since, she’s survived and continues to be an excellent jazz vocalist. Her grandfather sang business lead baritone with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians for four years, while her mom was an opera …