Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)
| Travels | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | July–November 1982 | |||
| Venue | Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, Nacogdoches | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 96:26 | |||
| Label | ECM 1252/53 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher, Pat Metheny | |||
| Pat Metheny chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Travels is a live double album by the Pat Metheny Group 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.
It was voted number 570 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[5]
Travels was recorded as part of the tour for the Group's 1982 studio album, , but also featured previously unrecorded and unreleased songs.
In the liner notes for his ECM Rarum compilation album, Metheny expressed great love for the live rendition of "Are You Going with Me?" and appreciated the audience for whom it was played in Philadelphia.
The track "Song for Bilbao", dedicated to audiences in Bilbao, Spain, was often played as an encore.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Are You Going with Me?" | 9:19 | |
| 2. | "The Fields, the Sky" | Metheny | 7:46 |
| 3. | "Goodbye" | Metheny | 8:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Phase Dance" | 8:03 | |
| 2. | "Straight on Red" | 7:26 | |
| 3. | "Farmer's Trust" | Metheny | 6:25 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Extradition" | Metheny | 5:45 |
| 2. | "Goin' Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" | 16:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Travels" | 5:03 | |
| 2. | "Song for Bilbao" | Metheny | 8:28 |
| 3. | "San Lorenzo" | 13:35 |
Personnel
Pat Metheny Group
- Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer
- Lyle Mays – piano, synthesizers, electric organ, autoharp, Synclavier
- Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass, bass synthesizer
- Danny Gottlieb – drums
- Nana Vasconcelos – percussion, voice, berimbau
Production
- Randy Ezratty – recording[6]
Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[7] | 62 |
| US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[8] | 8 |
Awards
| Year | Category |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |
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.
- ^ Verna, Paul (9 March 1996). "Effanel Rolls with the times Aboard Monster Truck". Billboard. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Pat Metheny Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "Pat Metheny Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
