Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)

1983 live album by Pat Metheny Group

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

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

Charts

Awards

Grammy Awards

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Travels – Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 193. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
6. "Pat Metheny Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
7. "Pat Metheny Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.