Couldn't Be Hotter

Couldn't Be Hotter
Live album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released	2003
Recorded	December 2000
Genre	Jazz
Length	77:32
Label	Telarc
Producer	Tim Hauser
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)