The Manhattan Transfer live at the Java Jazz Festival in 2008 Photo: Akbar Syah
Nick looks at the history of jazz vocal ensembles, with 13 different groups from the Boswell Sisters to Take 6. Other artists include The Manhattan Transfer, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, The Hi-Lo's, and the Four Freshmen.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | The Real Group | Pass Me the Jazz | Edenroth | The Real Album | Lionheart | 03:31 |
| 2 | The Singers Unlimited | The Fool on the Hill | Lennon / McCartney | A Capella | MPS | 04:19 |
| 3 | Mel Torme & the Mel-Tones | It Happened in Monterey | Rose / Wayne | Back in Town | Verve | 02:47 |
| 4 | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Everyday | Chatman | Sing a Song of Basie | Jasmine | 05:23 |
| 5 | The Manhattan Transfer | Birdland | Hendricks / Zawinul | The Manhattan Transfer: Anthology, Down In Birdland | Atlantic | 06:01 |
| 6 | The Mills Brothers | Caravan | Tizol | Sweetest Harmony: 25 Vintage Harmony Groups | ASV | 02:44 |
| 7 | Les Double Six | Tickle-Toe (Le Racket Et Les Balles) | Young | Les Double Six | Columbia | 02:22 |
| 8 | Blue Stars of France | Lullaby of Birdland | Shearing / Weiss | Lullaby of Birdland | EmArcy | 02:52 |
| 9 | Four Freshmen | It's a Blue World | Wright / Forrest | The Four Freshmen Collection: 1951-1962 | Acrobat | 02:55 |
| 10 | The Hi-Lo's | My Sugar is So Refined | Dee / Lippman | Suddenly It's the Hi-Lo's | Columbia | 02:29 |
| 11 | Boswell Sisters | Forty-Second Street | Dubin / Warren | The Boswell Sisters: Shout, Sister, Shout! | ASV | 03:22 |
| 12 | New York Voices | No Moon At All | Evans | A Day Like This | MCG | 04:51 |
| 13 | Take 6 | Straighten Up and Fly Right | Cole | The Standard | Headsup | 03:24 |
