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.[1]

The Spirit of St. Louis
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2000
GenreVocal jazz
LabelAtlantic
ProducerCraig Street
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Boy from New York City and Other Hits
(1997)
The Spirit of St. Louis
(2000)
Couldn't Be Hotter
(2003)

Track listing

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# Song title Composer length
1 "Stompin' at Mahogany Hall" Alan Paul, Spencer Williams 2:48
2 "The Blues Are Brewin'" Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange 6:18
3 "Sugar" Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell, Maceo Pinkard 3:28
4 "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby 4:30
5 "Old Man Mose" Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph 3:16
6 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter 5:29
7 "Gone Fishin'" Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny 4:11
8 "Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That" Lilian Armstrong 5:47
9 "Blue Again" Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh 4:45
10 "When You Wish upon a Star" Leigh Harline, Ned Washington 5:46

Personnel

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The Manhattan Transfer

Musicians

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

References

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  1. ^ "The Spirit of St. Louis". The Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved March 24, 2023.