"Vocalist Janis Siegel is the mezzo-soprano/alto quarter of the Manhattan Transfer and a wholesale master of jazz vocals subgenre: ballads, scats, bop, she competently does them all. Nightsongs endeavors a theme of breezy Caribbean evenings, comfortably humid and crepuscular. Sonically, this is an exceptional hearing. The engineer is impeccable, and the production is top notch without being overdone. There is a comfortable balance between the shiny and organic in this music. "Love Saves," "Slow," and "Marie" smell like salt and spray in the islands. "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" is given a measure of funk among other piquant Latin delights, John di Martino modulates time and space over Christian McBride's muscular electric bass. Siegel shares a duet with Peter Eldridge on Jobim's "If You Never Come To Me" that is as provocative as it is simply elegant. Siegel continues to inhabit an upper echelon of jazz vocalist few can aspire to. Siegel wins with this fine band and material." (allaboutjazz.com)
"The Grammy-winning Manhattan Transfer presents an incomparable vocal and orchestral performance which raises the benchmark in children's music and entertainment. They tell the story of Tubby the Tuba, who of all the brass instruments in the orchestra plays the lowest notes. He thinks other brass have more interesting music to play. Tubby just plays OOM-PAH. He wants to be like all the others. In each of his four adventures, "Tubby the Tuba," "Tubby at the Circus," "Tubby Meets a Jazz Band," and "The Further Adventures of Tubby the Tuba," he sets out to see if he can find something more interesting to do. While Tubby does find his own special melody, he also learns that his OOM-PAH makes him unique." (allmusic)
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