The Manhattan Transfer Vocalese recebeu 12 nomeações para Grammy, tornando-se no segundo album individual com mais nomeações logo a seguir a Thriller de Michael Jackson. O título refere-se ao estilo musical que insere letras em música instrumental previamente gravada e substitui vários instrumentos com vozes que reproduzem o som e textura da instrumentação original.

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The Manhattan Transfer's most critically acclaimed album. It received 12 Grammy nominations, making it second only to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the most nominated individual album. The album's title Vocalese refers to a style of music that sets lyrics to previously recorded jazz instrumental pieces and replaces many instruments with vocalists (such as the big band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie). The vocals reproduce the sound and feel of the original instrumentation. Jon Hendricks, proficient in this art, composed all of the lyrics for this album. Grammy Awards for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group" and "Best Vocal Arrangements for Voices" for Cheryl Bentyne and Bobby McFerrin for their arrangement of "Another Night In Tunisia."

"Many of the Manhattan Transfer's recordings up to the point of Vocalese showed off their diversity and covered a wide variety of music, including jazz. This set was quite a bit different, for it is dedicated to the vocalese of the great Jon Hendricks. the Manhattan Transfer (singers Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) perform a dozen songs using Hendricks' lyrics, including "That's Killer Joe," "Rambo," "Ray's Rockhouse" and "Sing Joy Spring." Utilizing their regular band of the period (which includes guitarist Wayne Johnson), the Count Basie Orchestra (directed at the time by Thad Jones), the Four Freshmen (on "To You"), tenorman James Moody, Bobby McFerrin (guesting on "Night in Tunisia"), McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie (on "Sing Joy Spring"), altoist Richie Cole, and Hendricks himself, among many others, the Transfer give these boppish tunes definitive vocal treatments. This is one of their finest jazz recordings and a classic of its kind." - Scott Yanow, All Music

Músicos:

Manhattan Transfer
Count Basie Orchestra:
Ray Brown, baixo
Ron Carter, baixo
Richie Cole, alto saxofone
The Four Freshmen, vozes
Dizzy Gillespie, trompete
Marshall Hawkins, baixo
Jon Hendricks, voz
Ralph Humphrey, bateria
Wayne Johnson, banjo, guitarra
Philly Joe Jones, bateria
Bobby McFerrin, baixo, guitarra, guitarra baixo, percussão, voz
James Moody, tenor saxofone
John Patitucci, baixo
Grady Tate, bateria
McCoy Tyner, piano
Snooky Young, trompete

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. That's Killer Joe
2. Rambo
3. Airegin
4. To You
5. Meet Benny Bailey
6. Another Night in Tunisia

Lado B
1. Ray's Rockhouse
2. Blee Blop Blues
3. Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford
4. Sing Joy Spring
5. Move

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