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The Offbeat of Avenues

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Released
  
August 13, 1991

Artist
  
The Manhattan Transfer

Producer
  
Tim Hauser

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

Length
  
55:41

Release date
  
13 August 1991

Label
  
Columbia Records

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The Offbeat of Avenues (1991)
  
The Christmas Album (1992)

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The Offbeat Of Avenues was the twelfth album released by The Manhattan Transfer on August 13, 1991, on the Columbia Records label.

Contents

This album is the first of two albums for Columbia Records. This album is also the first Manhattan Transfer album where the majority of the songs were either written or co-written by the members of the group.

Awards

This album yielded the group a Grammy Award, in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance for the song "Sassy". The lyrics for this song were written by Janis Siegel and Cheryl Bentyne; the music by composed by Janis Siegel and Bill Bodine.

Track listing

  1. "The Offbeat of Avenues" (Ian Prince, Cheryl Bentyne, Don Freeman) (4:55)
  2. "Sassy" (Cheryl Bentyne, Ben Bodine, Janis Siegel) (4:49)
  3. "10 Minutes Till the Savages Come" (Jeff Lorber, Janis Siegel, Brock Walsh) (3:58)
  4. "What Goes Around Comes Around" (Alan Paul, Les Pierce) (4:51)
  5. "Blue Serenade" (Tim Hauser, Van Dyke Parks) (3:40)
  6. "Gentleman with a Family" (Cheryl Bentyne, Marc Jordan, Gerald O'Brien) (4:51)
  7. "Women in Love" (David Batteau, Don Freeman) (6:19)
  8. "A World Apart" (Janis Siegel) (5:01)
  9. "Confide in Me" (Donald Fagen) (4:11)
  10. "The Quietude (Encuentro De Animales)" (Alan Paul)
  11. "Blues for Pablo" (Gil Evans, Jon Hendricks) (6:53)

Songs

1The Offbeat of Avenues4:56
2Sassy4:51
310 Minutes Till the Savages Come4:02

References

The Offbeat of Avenues Wikipedia
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