Manhattan Jazz Quintet

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The Manhattan Jazz Quintet is a jazz ensemble consisting of David Matthews on piano, Lew Soloff on trumpet, Victor Lewis on drums, Andy Snitzer on saxophone, and Charnett Moffett on bass. Previously, the band featured George Young on tenor sax, Eddie Gomez on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. The group was formed in 1983 at the suggestion of Japanese jazz magazine Swing Journal and the King record label and became quite a success in Japan, earning the Gold Disk Award of Swing in 1984. Gadd left after 1987, with Dave Weckl serving as a replacement in 1988 and '89,^[1] but came back for a reunion in 1990, which also featured John Scofield as guest artist on a number of selections. These later recordings were recorded for the Sweet Basil label. The group got back together to make two recordings in 1995 and has released a record every year since 2000 under the Video Arts Music label. Video Arts also rereleased many of the older albums on November 21, 2001, coinciding with the release of the new I Got Rhythm. Gadd has since left the band, with Victor Lewis becoming his permanent replacement in 1993, as has Young, who has been replaced by Andy Snitzer since 2000.^[2] Gomez left the band after the recording of Manteca in 1992 and was permanently replaced by Charnett Moffett.

Due to the group's extremely limited distribution in other countries (all albums are only available as imports from Japan), it is not well-known outside of Japan.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Music
- 1.2 Videos
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Music

Album name	Year released	Label	References/notes^[3] unless otherwise noted
Manhattan Jazz Quintet	1984	King
Autumn Leaves	1985	King
My Funny Valentine	1986	King	^[4]
The Sidewinder	1986	King	^[5]
My Favorite Things: Live In Tokyo	1987	King
Caravan	1988	King	with Dave Weckl on drums^[1]
Face to Face	1988	King	with Dave Weckl on drums
Plays Blue Note	1988	King	with Dave Weckl on drums; ^[6]
The Best of Manhattan Jazz Quintet	1988	Projazz	(compilation)
Live At Pit Inn	1989	King	with Dave Weckl on drums
Manhattan Blues	1990	Sweet Basil/Peter Pan (?)	with Steve Gadd on drums^[7] rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
Funky Strut	1991	Sweet Basil	with Peter Erskine on drums^[8] rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
Manteca (live)	1992	Evidence	with Peter Erskine on drums rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
Autumn in New York	1993	Sweet Basil	with Victor Lewis on drums rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
Concierto de Aranjuez	1994	Sweet Basil	^[9]^[10] with both Gadd^[7] & Lewis on drums and both Moffett & Gomez on bass rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
Moritat	1995	Peter Pan	with Victor Lewis on drums (and all albums after this point)
The Original Voice	1995	Sweet Basil	rereleased by Video Arts on November 21, 2001
La Fiesta	1997	Sweet Basil	^[11]
Air on the G String	1997	Sweet Basil	^[12]
'Round Midnight with Terumasa Hino	1998	Sweet Basil	^[13]
Teen Town	2000	Video Arts
I Got Rhythm	2001	Video Arts
Take Five: Live at the Symphony Hall with Century Orchestra Osaka	2001	Video Arts
Blue Bossa	2003	Video Arts
Take The A Train	2004	Video Arts
Come Together	2005	Video Arts	^[14]
Best of Best	??	Sweet Basil	(compilation) – includes recordings from 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994; ^[15]

Mahattan Jazz Quintet also recorded Good King Wenceslas for the compilation CD Chiaroscuro Christmas.[1]

[edit] Videos

Album name	Year released	Distributor	References/notes^[3]
Live at Quatro	??	Music Video Distributors (??)	VHS of 1990 live concert^[16]
Live in Tokyo 2005	2006	Video Arts	DVD of live performance; released on May 31, 2006^[17]