title: The Symphony Sessions (The Manhattan Transfer album)
text: # The Symphony Sessions (The Manhattan Transfer album)
  
  The Symphony Sessions is the twenty-first studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on October 3, 2006.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  | # | Song title | Composer/Songwriter | Length |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | "Route 66" | Bobby Troup | 3:31 |
  | 2 | "Candy" | Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney | 3:20 |
  | 3 | "Embraceable You" | Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin | 4:14 |
  | 4 | "That's the Way It Goes" | Raoul Cita, George Goldner, D. Parker | 2:41 |
  | 5 | "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz | 5:25 |
  | 6 | "Because You Are All Heart" (Movement 2: A Portrait of Ella) | Alan Paul, Billy Strayhorn | 5:01 |
  | 7 | "To You" | Jon Hendricks, Thad Jones | 3:44 |
  | 8 | "Vibrate" | Rufus Wainwright | 4:30 |
  | 9 | "Clouds (Nuages)" | Jon Hendricks, Django Reinhardt | 6:47 |
  | 10 | "The Quietude" | Chuck Jonkey, Alan Paul | 6:55 |
  | 11 | "The Offbeat of Avenues" | Cheryl Bentyne, Don Freeman, Ian Prince | 4:24 |
  | 12 | "Birdland" | Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul | 6:11 |
  
  ## Personnel
  
  The Manhattan Transfer
  
  * Cheryl Bentyne – vocals, vocal arrangements (11)
  * Tim Hauser – vocals, vocal arrangements (4)
  * Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangements (6, 10)
  * Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangements (2, 6, 12)
  
  Musicians and Arrangements
  
  * Yaron Gervoshsky – grand piano, musical director, orchestral arrangements (6), orchestra director (6, 12)
  * John B. Williams – bass
  * Steve Hass – drums
  * David Glasser – saxophone
  * Scott Kreitzer – saxophone
  * Cliff Lyons – saxophone
  * Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  * Andy Snitzer – saxophone
  * Randy Andos – trombone
  * Michael Boschen – trombone
  * Birch Johnson – trombone
  * Jimmy Hynes – trumpet
  * Robert Millikan – trumpet
  * Dave Stahl – trumpet
  * Scott Wendholt – trumpet
  * Prague Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
  * Corey Allen – orchestra director (1-5, 7-12), orchestral arrangements (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
  * Billy Byers – orchestral arrangements (1, 2)
  * Charles Calello – orchestral arrangements (4)
  * Gil Goldstein – orchestral arrangements (8)
  * Joe Roccisano – orchestral arrangements (12)
  * Al Capps – vocal arrangements (1)
  * Fred Thaler – vocal arrangements (2)
  * Gene Puerling – vocal arrangements (3, 5, 9)
  * Dick Reynolds – vocal arrangements (7)
  * Roger Treece – vocal arrangements (8)
  * Ian Prince – vocal arrangements (11)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Tim Hauser – producer, mastering
  * Corey Allen – orchestra producer (1-5, 7-12)
  * Yaron Gervoshsky – orchestra producer (6, 12)
  * Susumu Morikawa – executive producer
  * Manfred Knoop – tracking engineer
  * Hans Nielsen – orchestra engineer
  * Michael Eric Hutchinson – vocal engineer, mixing, mastering
  * Tom McCauley – additional engineer
  * Tom Swift – additional engineer
  * Takekazu Honda – A&R
  * Lenka Dudova – assistant administration
  * Juraj Durovic – orchestra management
  * Kiyoshi Osada – artwork
  * Junichi Yamashita – artwork coordinator
  * Joan Allen – photography
  * Michael Davenport – manager
  * Juraj Durovic – orchestra manager
  * Merlin Company – management company
  
  **Studios**
  
  * Recorded at Knoop Music (River Edge, New Jersey); Big Surprise Music (Encino, California); Smecky Music Studios (Czech Republic).
  