Travels (album)

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Travels
Live album by Pat Metheny Group
Released	1983
Recorded	July-November 1982
Genre	Jazz, Fusion
Length	96:26
Label	ECM
Producer(s)	Manfred Eicher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Pat Metheny Group chronology
Offramp (1982)	Travels (1982)	First Circle (1984)

Travels is the Pat Metheny Group's first live album, released in 1983. The album is consists of two CDs worth of live material recorded at various venues including Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento and Hartford. Along with Pat Metheny, the album features Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb and the influence of "special guest" Nana Vasconcelos is noticeably evident on the group's music. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1984

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Awards

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Are You Going With Me?" (Metheny, Mays) – 9:19
2. "The Fields, the Sky" (Metheny) – 7:46
3. "Goodbye" (Metheny) – 8:16
4. "Phase Dance" (Metheny, Mays) – 8:03
5. "Straight On Red" (Metheny, Mays) – 7:26
6. "Farmer's Trust" (Metheny) – 6:25

[edit] Disc two

1. "Extradition" (Metheny) – 5:45
2. "Goin' Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" (Metheny, Mays) – 16:22
3. "Travels" (Metheny, Mays) – 5:03
4. "Song For Bilbao" (Metheny) – 8:28
5. "San Lorenzo" (Metheny, Mays) – 13:35

[edit] Personnel

• Pat Metheny - Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
• Lyle Mays - Piano, Synthesizers,Organ, Synclavier, Autoharp
• Steve Rodby - Acoustic and Electric Bass, Bass Synthesizer
• Dan Gottlieb - Drums
• Nana Vasconcelos - Percussion, Voice, Berimbau

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

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

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1984	Pat Metheny Group	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny | Lyle Mays | Steve Rodby | Antonio Sanchez | Cuong Vu | Grégoire Maret | Nando Lauria
Mark Egan | Dan Gottlieb | Nana Vasconcelos | Pedro Aznar | Paul Wertico | Armando Marcal | David Blamires | Mark Ledford | Luis Conte | Richard Bona
Discography
Pat Metheny Group | American Garage | Offramp | Travels | First Circle | The Falcon and the Snowman | Still Life (Talking) | Letter from Home | The Road to You | We Live Here | Quartet | Imaginary Day | Speaking of Now | The Way Up