1983 live album by Pat Metheny Group
Travels |
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Live album by Pat Metheny Group |
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Released | 1983 |
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Recorded | July–November 1982 |
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Venue | Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, Nacogdoches |
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Genre | Jazz fusion |
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Length | 96:26 |
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Label | ECM ECM 1252/53 |
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Producer | Manfred Eicher, Pat Metheny |
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Pat Metheny chronology |
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Offramp (1982) | Travels (1983) | Rejoicing (1984) | |
Travels is a live double album by the Pat Metheny Group recorded in July, October, and November 1982 and released on ECM the following year. The quintet features pianist Lyle Mays and rhythm section Steve Rodby and Dan Gottlieb, with guest Nana Vasconcelos.
It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.
Background
The eleven tracks were recorded in Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, and Nacogdoches, Texas while on tour in America for Offramp (1982).
Reception
It was voted number 570 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except where noted
Side INo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Are You Going with Me?" | | 9:19 |
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2. | "The Fields, the Sky" | Metheny | 7:46 |
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3. | "Goodbye" | Metheny | 8:16 |
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Side IINo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Phase Dance" | | 8:03 |
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2. | "Straight on Red" | | 7:26 |
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3. | "Farmer's Trust" | Metheny | 6:25 |
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Side IIINo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Extradition" | Metheny | 5:45 |
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2. | "Goin' Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" | | 16:22 |
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Side IVNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Travels" | | 5:03 |
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2. | "Song for Bilbao" | Metheny | 8:28 |
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3. | "San Lorenzo" | | 13:35 |
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Personnel
Pat Metheny Group
Technical personnel
- Manfred Eicher, Pat Metheny – producer
- Jan Erik Kongshaug – mixing engineer
- Randy Ezratty – live recording engineer
- Gary Geller – assistant live recording engineer
- Dieter Rehm – design
- Dieter Rehm, Milan Horacek, Jähnig – cover photographs
- Ron Pownall – liner photographs
Charts
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
US Billboard 200[6] | 62 |
US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[7] | 8 |
Awards
Grammy Awards
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Travels – Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 193. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
- ^ "Pat Metheny Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "Pat Metheny Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
Group albums | As leader | |
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As group member/side man | |
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Solo albums | |
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Collaborations | - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981, Mays)
- Song X (1986, Coleman)
- Electric Counterpoint (1989)
- I Can See Your House from Here (1994, Scofield)
- Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997, Haden)
- Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (1999, Hall)
- Upojenie (2002, Jopek)
- Metheny Mehldau (2006, Mehldau)
- Metheny Mehldau Quartet (2007, Mehldau)
- Tap:John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20 (2013, Zorn)
- Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (2016, Vu)
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Authority control databases | - MusicBrainz release group
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