Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)

Travels
Live album by Pat Metheny Group
Released 1983
Recorded July–November 1982
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 96:26
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher & Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Group chronology
Offramp
(1982)
Travels
(1983)
First Circle
(1984)
Pat Metheny chronology
Offramp
(1982)
Travels
(1983)
Rejoicing
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Travels is the Pat Metheny Group's first live album, released in 1983. The album consists of two CDs worth of live material recorded in July, October and November 1982, at Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford and Nacogdoches. Along with Pat Metheny, the album features Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb and special guest Nana Vasconcelos. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983.

Track listing

Side I
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Are You Going With Me?"  Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays9:19
2."The Fields, the Sky"  Metheny7:46
3."Goodbye"  Metheny8:16
Side II
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Phase Dance"  Metheny, Mays8:03
2."Straight on Red"  Metheny, Mays7:26
3."Farmer's Trust"  Metheny6:25
Side III
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Extradition"  Metheny5:45
2."Goin' Ahead ~ As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls"  Metheny, Mays16:22
Side IV
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Travels"  Metheny, Mays5:03
2."Song for Bilbao"  Metheny8:28
3."San Lorenzo"  Metheny, Mays13:35

Personnel

Technical staff

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1983 Jazz Albums 3
1983 Pop Albums 62
1983 Top Jazz Albums 8

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1983 Pat Metheny Group Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

References

  1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Travels - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Verna, Paul (9 March 1996). "Effanel Rolls with the times Aboard Monster Truck". Billboard. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.