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Cool analysis here. I think it's a bit too superficial to serve as the last word, though.
If I were the sound engineer on this type of album, I definitely wouldn't worry about autotuning parts where only one vocalist is singing. With enough takes, professional singers can be pretty dead on.
More important are sections where you're trying to perfect harmonies, where tweaking a note that's a few cent sharp can make a big difference to the end effect. Unfortunately I don't have the skills to separate the vocal parts during harmony to check for this sort of thing.
edit: To my ears, that intro doesn't sound autotuned, although the reverb effect does feel artificial. http://www.amazon.com/Chick-Corea-Songbook-Manhattan-Transfe...
try the sample of "500 miles high" here: http://www.amazon.com/Chick-Corea-Songbook-Manhattan-Transfe...
specifically the first two notes of the female lead (some-day) in the audio clip - some suspicious processing going on there.