Two Manhattan Transfer Releases Due 10/3 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES, CA - Eight-time GRAMMY winning jazz/pop harmony vocal group Manhattan Transfer has been releasing stellar albums and drawing rave concert reviews for over three decades with their sparkling song stylizations and prodigious vocal talents. The legendary group's collective voice has never sounded better than on two new albums previously available only in Japan.

An Acapella Christmas celebrates traditional Yuletide favorites with the savvy, spirit and elegance that define the Transfer's repertoire and makes for their best holiday collection ever. Following up 2004's acclaimed Vibrate, The Symphony Sessions finds the quintessential vocal quartet revisiting some of the best-loved songs they recorded earlier in their career. Both albums will be available October 3 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $18.98 each.

Recorded in 2006, The Symphony Sessions features the Transfer re-interpreting 12 classic songs from past albums. With stunning new takes on delightful old favorites, including their '06 version of “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square," “Embraceable You," “The Quietude," plus updated takes of “Route 66," and “Birdland," both previous GRAMMY winners for the group.

Released in Japan in 2004, An Acapella Christmas delivers unforgettable seasons greetings with dazzling 'instrument-less" renditions of Yuletide carols and classics, and is their first Christmas album since 1992, and first-ever acapella release. Deck the halls with the Transfer's vocal-only versions of “Good King Wenceslas," “Merry Christmas Baby," and “I'll Be Home For Christmas." Also features a toe tapping version of “Jingle Bells," “White Christmas," and “Winter Wonderland."