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.
Production
The album production lasted about three months. The album's original track is "A Christmas Love Song".[1]
Anne Atkinson, Art Davis, Buell Neidlinger, Jim Hughart and Margaret Storer – bass
Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Igor Horoshevsky, Anne Karam, Suzie Katayama, Ray Kelley, Fred Seykora and David Shamban – cello
Gayle Levant, Carol Robbins and Amy Shulman – harp
Marilyn Baker, Sam Boghossian, Ken Burward-Hoy, Peter Hatch, Roland Kato, Linda Lipsett, Margot MacLaine, Michael Nowak and Herschel Wise – viola
Arnold Belnick, Ron Clark, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Joe Goodman, Diana Halprin, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Don Palmer, Debra Price, Marc Sazer, Bob Sushel, Haim Shtrum, Mary Tsumura, Gerald Vinci, Lissy Wilson, John Wittenberg, Leslie Woodbury and Shari Zippert – violin
Joseph Bwarie, Jason Kaleb Henley, Quincy McCrary, Nicolas Nackley, Bobbi Page, Jonathan Redford, Marc Schillinger, Jeffrey Smith, Marc Smollin, Sally Stevens, Susan Stevens and Josh Weiner – children's choir (5, 9)
Sally Stevens – choir director (5, 9)
Basie Hauser, Arielle Paul and Keely Pickering – children vocals (11)
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.
Production
The album production lasted about three months. The album's original track is "A Christmas Love Song".[1]
Anne Atkinson, Art Davis, Buell Neidlinger, Jim Hughart and Margaret Storer – bass
Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Igor Horoshevsky, Anne Karam, Suzie Katayama, Ray Kelley, Fred Seykora and David Shamban – cello
Gayle Levant, Carol Robbins and Amy Shulman – harp
Marilyn Baker, Sam Boghossian, Ken Burward-Hoy, Peter Hatch, Roland Kato, Linda Lipsett, Margot MacLaine, Michael Nowak and Herschel Wise – viola
Arnold Belnick, Ron Clark, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Joe Goodman, Diana Halprin, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Don Palmer, Debra Price, Marc Sazer, Bob Sushel, Haim Shtrum, Mary Tsumura, Gerald Vinci, Lissy Wilson, John Wittenberg, Leslie Woodbury and Shari Zippert – violin
Joseph Bwarie, Jason Kaleb Henley, Quincy McCrary, Nicolas Nackley, Bobbi Page, Jonathan Redford, Marc Schillinger, Jeffrey Smith, Marc Smollin, Sally Stevens, Susan Stevens and Josh Weiner – children's choir (5, 9)
Sally Stevens – choir director (5, 9)
Basie Hauser, Arielle Paul and Keely Pickering – children vocals (11)