Offramp
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| Studio album by Pat Metheny Group | |||||
| Released | 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | October 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Fusion, Jazz | ||||
| Length | 42:22 | ||||
| Label | ECM | ||||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | ||||
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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 the guitar synthesizer.[3]
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[edit] Track listing
All music composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays.
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| 1. | "Barcarole" (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Nana Vasconcelos) | 3:17 | |||||||
| 2. | "Are You Going With Me?" | 8:47 | |||||||
| 3. | "Au Lait" | 8:32 | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Pat Metheny - guitar synthesizer, guitar, synclavier guitar
- Lyle Mays - piano, synthesizer, autoharp, organ, synclavier
- Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass
- Dan Gottlieb - drums
- Nana Vasconcelos - percussion, voice, berimbau
[edit] Charts
According to Billboard, Offramp reached #1 on the Jazz Album chart[4] and #50 on the Pop Album chart.
[edit] Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 1983 | Pat Metheny Group | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |
[edit] References
- ^ Henderson, Alex (2011 [last update]). "Offramp - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143831. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Brink, Bob (23 November 1984). "Metheny Over Miami". The Miami News: pp. C1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p6AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989,2278886&dq=offramp+grammy&hl=en. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Birosik, Patti Jean (1989). The New Age music guide: profiles and recordings of 500 top New Age musicians. Collier Books. pp. 125. ISBN 9780020416401.
- ^ "Asia Not Minor on Debut; Metheny: U.S. Stands Pat". Billboard: pp. 5. 17 July 1982. http://books.google.com/books?id=kCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT5. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
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