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Cheryl Bentyne (born January 17, 1954 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and a member of the vocal quartet The Manhattan Transfer.
Solo career
Her debut solo album, Something Cool (Columbia, 1992), was produced by trumpeter Mark Isham and consisted of traditional pop and jazz standards. 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 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.
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. In 2013, she narrated an audiobook version of the best-selling book Little Girl Blue, a biography of singer Karen Carpenter.
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
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 (Summit)
2016 Lost Love Songs (Summit)
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