The Manhattan Transfer Songbook

Very upset the way it arrived wrinkle. Also the book does not play the full songs for some of them. The book feels rushed. Would have been nice having more details discussing chords,notes,keys etc. I'm disappointed. The Manhattan transfer deserves better.

The best thing about this book is that it captures the wonderful arrangements that made Manhattan Transfer's music timeless.The arrangement of 'Berkeley Square' is the best I've seen, and I've seen a lot.'Operator' is great; and so are many of their standards.The only negative about this book is that the font of the music is slightly small... it's fine to read, but it would probably be better if it was a little bigger.

This is a good songbook if you don't know these songs at all, but what I was hoping for was Manhattan Transfer arrangements of them. For instance, their recorded cool version of "Body & Soul" in which they sing Coleman Hawkins's famous solo, has not only notes but words; the original version, the "head", isn't what they sing. I was hoping to see what they sang in print, hence, I thought, the title of this songbook; however, this book only has the original refrains of all of 'em! So if you were hoping to see what they actually sing, forget it; hope I just saved you money (that I spent.)

The two pieces I purchased this book for (Tuxedo Junction and Birdland) were perfectly arranged for piano and could be easily rearranged to suit one's taste. This is a rare collection of music from a very famous group.

Way good source for MT music