Cheryl Bentyne

Cheryl Bentyne
Background information
Born (1954-01-17) January 17, 1954
Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.
Genres Vocal jazz, pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1975–present
Labels Columbia, Telarc, King, ArtistShare, Summit
Associated acts The Manhattan Transfer
Website cherylbentyne.net

Cheryl Bentyne (born January 17, 1954) is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer.

Early years

Bentyne started singing at age thirteen with her father's Dixieland and swing band.[1] Following graduation from Mount Vernon High School, she enrolled at Skagit Valley College and studied music and theater. She moved to Seattle in the mid 1970s and sang with John Holte's New Deal Rhythm Band.[2] The NDRB trombonist Gary McKaig gave her an album by the Manhattan Transfer. After four years in Seattle, she moved to Los Angeles.[1]

The Manhattan Transfer

In 1979, Bentyne became the permanent replacement for singer Laurel Massé, who left the group after being injured in an automobile accident. Her first appearance was on the album Extensions (1979), which won the group its first Grammy Award, Best Jazz Fusion Performance for a vocalese version of the song "Birdland" by Weather Report. Bentyne won ten Grammy Awards with the Manhattan Transfer, including awards for her arrangement of "Another Night in Tunisia" with Bobby McFerrin and for writing the song "Sassy" for the album The Offbeat of Avenues.[3]

Solo career

Her debut solo album, Something Cool (Columbia, 1992), was produced by trumpeter Mark Isham and consisted of traditional pop and jazz standards.[4] This was followed by Dreaming of Mister Porter (2000), a tribute to Cole Porter; Talk of the Town (2004) with Kenny Barron, David "Fathead" Newman, Chuck Mangione; and Let Me Off Uptown (2005), a tribute to Anita O'Day. While still a member of the Manhattan Transfer, she recorded the album Duets with bassist Rob Wasserman. In 1991, she collaborated with Mark Isham on a song for the soundtrack to the movie Mortal Thoughts.

Bentyne left music in 2012 due to illness. Her spleen was removed and she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Margaret Dorn replaced her in the Manhattan Transfer. Within a year, a doctor told her she was free of cancer, and she returned to singing.[5]

In 2013, she narrated an audiobook version of the best-selling book Little Girl Blue, a biography of singer Karen Carpenter.[6] In 2014, she was a judge and mentor for the Songbook Academy, a summer program for high school students operated by the Great American Songbook Foundation founded by Michael Feinstein.[7]

Awards and honors

  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental, "Birdland" (from Extensions), The Manhattan Transfer, 1980; "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)" (from Mecca for Moderns), The Manhattan Transfer, 1981
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group, "Route 66" (from the soundtrack Sharkey's Machine), The Manhattan Transfer, 1982; "Why Not!" (from Bodies and Souls), The Manhattan Transfer, 1983; Vocalese, The Manhattan Transfer, 1985
  • Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, Brasil; The Manhattan Transfer, 1987; "The Boy from New York City" (from Mecca for Moderns), The Manhattan Transfer, 1981
  • Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices, "Another Night in Tunisia" (from Vocalese), Cheryl Bentyne and Bobby McFerrin, arrangers, 1985
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, "Sassy" (from The Offbeat of Avenues), The Manhattan Transfer, 1992
  • Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, 1993
  • Golden Disc Award, Swing Journal: Talk of the Town, 2003; Waltz for Debby, 2004; Songs of Our Time, 2008

Discography

  • 1992 Something Cool (Columbia)
  • 2003 Talk of the Town (Telarc)
  • 2003 Among Friends (Aix)
  • 2003 Moonlight Serenade (King)
  • 2004 Lights Still Burn (King)
  • 2004 Sings Waltz for Debby (King)
  • 2005 Let Me Off Uptown (Telarc)
  • 2006 The Book of Love (Telarc)
  • 2009 The New York Sessions (CD Baby/La Dee Dah)
  • 2011 Gershwin Songbook (ArtistShare)
  • 2012 Songs of Our Time (Evolution)
  • 2012 Let's Misbehave: The Cole Porter Songbook (Summit)
  • 2013 West Coast Cool with Mark Winkler (Summit)
  • 2016 Lost Love Songs (Summit)[8]
  • 2017 Rearrangements of Shadows (ArtistShare)
  • 2018 Eastern Standard Time with Mark Winkler (Café Pacific)

As guest

References

  1. 1 2 Bonino, Rick (22 May 2015). "Vocal act Manhattan Transfer going on 40 years of jazzy fun". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ retrieved May 31, 2017
  3. ↑ Ragogna, Mike (27 September 2013). "Chats With The Manhattan Transfer's Janis Siegel & Cheryl Bentyne and Jeff Lorber, Plus Diane Birch, The Swellers and Johnny Chill Exclusives". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Something Cool". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Loudon, Christopher (16 September 2012). "Cheryl Bentyne: Night Turns to Day". JazzTimes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bio". Home | Cheryl Bentyne. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "High School Vocalists Set for Michael Feinstein's 2014 Great American Songbook Competition Tonight". BroadwayWorld.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cheryl Bentyne | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Cheryl Bentyne | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 May 2017.


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