Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)
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| 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 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher, Pat Metheny | |||
| Pat Metheny chronology | ||||
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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.
The eleven tracks were recorded in Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, and Nacogdoches, Texas, while on tour in America for Offramp (1982).
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
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.
| 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
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
