Offramp

For a highway offramp see, Interchange (road).
Offramp
Studio album by Pat Metheny Group
Released 1982
Recorded October 1981
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 42:22
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny Group chronology

American Garage
(1980)		 Offramp
(1982)		 Travels
(1983)
Pat Metheny chronology
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
(1981)		 Offramp
(1982)		 Travels
(1983)
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Allmusic [1]

Offramp is the Grammy Award winning third album by Pat Metheny Group, released in 1982. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983.[2]

Offramp is the first studio recording on which Metheny used a guitar synthesizer (a Roland GR-300)[3] controlled with a Roland G-303 guitar synthesiser controller.[4]

Track listing

All music composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, except where noted.

Side I
No. Title Length
1. "Barcarole" (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Nana Vasconcelos) 3:17
2. "Are You Going With Me?"   8:47
3. "Au Lait"   8:32
Side II
No. Title Length
1. "Eighteen" (Metheny, Mays, and Vasconcelos) 5:08
2. "Offramp"   5:59
3. "James"   6:47
4. "The Bat Part II"   3:50

Personnel

Charts

According to Billboard, Offramp reached #1 on the Jazz Album chart – a position it held for 16 weeks [5] – and #50 on the Pop Album chart.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1983 Pat Metheny Group Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex (2011). "Offramp - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Brink, Bob (23 November 1984). "Metheny Over Miami". The Miami News. pp. C1. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Birosik, Patti Jean (1989). The New Age music guide: profiles and recordings of 500 top New Age musicians. Collier Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-02-041640-1.
  4. ↑ http://www.joness.com/gr300/G-303.htm
  5. ↑ "Asia Not Minor on Debut; Metheny: U.S. Stands Pat". Billboard. 17 July 1982. p. 5. Retrieved 1 May 2010.