The Spirit of St. Louis is the eighteenth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2000 by Atlantic Records. This album is the group's tribute to jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
Track listing
# Song title Composer length1"Stompin' at Mahogany Hall"Alan Paul, Spencer Williams2:482"The Blues Are Brewin'"Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange6:183"Sugar"Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell, Maceo Pinkard3:284"A Kiss to Build a Dream On"Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby4:305"Old Man Mose"Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph3:166"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter5:297"Gone Fishin'"Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny4:118"Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That"Lilian Armstrong5:479"Blue Again"Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh4:4510"When You Wish upon a Star"Leigh Harline, Ned Washington5:46
Personnel The Manhattan Transfer Cheryl Bentyne – vocals Tim Hauser – vocals Alan Paul – vocals Janis Siegel – vocals
Musicians Teddy Borowiecki – accordion (1, 6–7), organ (2, 4, 10), acoustic piano (3, 5, 8–10) Greg Leisz – guitars, mandolin Chris Bruce – guitars (1) Smokey Hormel – guitars (2) David Torn – guitars (4, 10) David Piltch – bass Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums Emil Richards – vibraphone (10) John Rotella – clarinet (3) Jackie Kelso – saxophones (3) Plas Johnson – saxophones (3) Steve Berlin – saxophones (5, 8) John Hassell – trumpet (10)
Production Craig Street – producer S. Husky Hoskulds – recording, mixing Ryan Boesch – engineer Kevin Deen – engineer Joe Zook – engineer Greg Calbi – mastering Benjamin Niles – art direction Larry Freemantle – design Chris Pyle – illustration Roy Zipstein – photography
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