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It was the group's first studio album in nine years, following 2009's The Chick Corea Songbook .

The Junction marked a major milestone for The Manhattan Transfer:

The track features the group's signature tight vocal harmonies and high-speed vocalese, blending traditional jazz with contemporary beats.

This was the group's first studio recording featuring Trist Curless , who replaced founding member Tim Hauser following his death in 2014.

"Cantaloop (Flip Out!)" is a vocal jazz interpretation of the 1993 jazz-rap hit by the British group Us3 . Both versions are rooted in a sample from Herbie Hancock's 1964 jazz standard "Cantaloupe Island" .

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It was produced by Mervyn Warren and features piano by Yaron Gershovsky and guitar by Paul Jackson Jr..