Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Travels
| type = live
| artist = Pat Metheny Group
| cover = Pmg - travels.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1983
| recorded = July–November 1982
| venue = Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, Nacogdoches
| studio =
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = {{Duration|m=96|s=26}}
| label = ECM
| producer = Manfred Eicher, Pat Metheny
| chronology = Pat Metheny
| prev_title = Offramp
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Rejoicing
| next_year = 1984
}}
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
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143838 |title=Travels – Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic |first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 139
}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th|isbn=978-0857125958}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=994}}
}}
It was voted number 570 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).{{cite book |author=Colin Larkin |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |date=2006 |publisher=Virgin Books |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |edition=3rd |page=193 |author-link=Colin Larkin}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except where noted
| headline = Side I
| title1 = Are You Going with Me?
| length1 = 9:19
| title2 = The Fields, the Sky
| writer2 = Metheny
| length2 = 7:46
| title3 = Goodbye
| writer3 = Metheny
| length3 = 8:16
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Phase Dance
| length1 = 8:03
| title2 = Straight on Red
| length2 = 7:26
| title3 = Farmer's Trust
| writer3 = Metheny
| length3 = 6:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side III
| title1 = Extradition
| writer1 = Metheny
| length1 = 5:45
| title2 = Goin' Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
| length2 = 16:22
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side IV
| title1 = Travels
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = Song for Bilbao
| writer2 = Metheny
| length2 = 8:28
| title3 = San Lorenzo
| length3 = 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
Charts
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1983) ! Peak |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|62|artist=Pat Metheny|access-date=January 5, 2023}} |
| US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pat-metheny/chart-history/jlp/ |title=Pat Metheny Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums) |website=Billboard |access-date=January 5, 2023}}
| align="center"|8 |
Awards
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Category |
| align="left"|1984
|align="left"|Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Pat Metheny Group}}
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Category:Pat Metheny live albums
Category:ECM Records live albums