The Offbeat Of Avenues is the thirteenth album released by The Manhattan Transfer on August 13, 1991 by Columbia Records.

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. 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 was composed by Janis Siegel and Bill Bodine.

Tracks
1 The Offbeat Of Avenues (Ian Prince; Cheryl Bentyne; Don Freeman) 04:52
2  Sassy (Bill Bodine; Janis Siegel; Cheryl Bentyne) 04:50
3  10 Minutes Till the Savages Come (Janis Siegel; Jeff Lorber; Brock Walsh) 03:59
4  What Goes Around Comes Around (Alan Paul; Les Pierce) 04:51
5  Blue Serenade (Tim Hauser; Van Dyke Parks) 03:40
6  Gentleman With A Family (Cheryl Bentyne; Gerald O’Brien; Marc Jordan) 04:51
7  Women In Love (Don Freeman; David Batteau) 06:19
8  A World Apart (David Pack; Janis Siegel; Michael McDonald) 05:01
9  Confide In Me (Donald Fagen) 04:11
10  The Quietude (Encuentro De Animales) (Chuck Jonkey; Alan Paul) 06:13
11  Blues For Pablo (Gil Evans; Jon Hendricks) 06:53

Musicians

Vocals - Alan Paul
Vocals - Cheryl Bentyne
Vocals - Janis Siegel
Vocals - Tim Hauser

Other Musicians

1 The Offbeat Of Avenues
Guitar - Jamie Glaser
Keyboards - Ian Prince
Programming - Ian Prince
Sax - Richard Elliot

2 Sassy
Bass - Bill Bodine
Bass (slap) - Alec Milstein
Drums - JR Robinson
Drums (programming) - Jeff Lorber
Synthesizer - Bill Bodine
Synthesizer - Jeff Lorber
Synthesizer - John Beasley
Programming - Bill Bodine
Sax - Bob Sheppard
Sax - Pete Christlieb
Trumpet - Lew Soloff
Trumpet - Gary Grant
Trumpet - Jerry Hey

3 10 Minutes Till the Savages Come
Drums - Grady Tate
Synthesizer - Jeff Lorber
Programming - Jeff Lorber

4 What Goes Around Comes Around
Synthesizer - Les Pierce
Programming - Les Pierce

5 Blue Serenade
Synthesizer - Ian Prince
Programming - Ian Prince
Brass - Charles Joseph
Brass - Efrem Towns
Brass - Gregory Davis
Brass - Kevin Harris
Brass - Kirk Joseph
Brass - Roger Lewis
Tuba - Kirk Joseph
Percussion - Tim Hauser

6 Gentleman With A Family
Drums - JR Robinson
Acoustic Guitar - Herb Pedersen
Synthesizer - Gerald O’Brien
Programming - Gerald O’Brien

7 Women In Love
Drums (programming) - Bobby Z
Synthesizer - Don Freeman
Programming - Don Freeman
Background Vocals - Janis Siegel
Background Vocals - Les Pierce

8 A World Apart
Piano - Yaron Gershovsky
Synthesizer - Les Pierce
Programming - Les Pierce

9 Confide In Me
Bass - Leland Sklar
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Jamie Glaser
Organ - Mike Finnigan
Programming - Larry Williams
Programming - Erik Hanson
Sax - Larry Williams
Sax - Pete Christlieb
Trumpet - Gary Grant
Trumpet - Jerry Hey

10 The Quietude (Encuentro De Animales)
Bass - Alex Blake
Sitar - Chuck Jonkey
Synthesizer - Chuck Jonkey
Programming - Chuck Jonkey
Panpipes - Hector Vargas
Percussion - Chuck Jonkey
Percussion - Frank Colon

11 Blues For Pablo
Bass - Harvie Swartz
Drums - Connie Kay
Synthesizer - Mark Isham
Programming - Mark Isham
Trumpet - Mark Isham

Liner Notes

Producer – Tim Hauser
Producer – Ian Prince (Tracks 1, 5)
Producer – Jeff Lorber (Track 3)
Producer – Les Pierce (Tracks 4, 8)
Producer – Don Freeman (Track 7)
Producer (Additional) – Gerald O’Brien (Track 6)
Producer (Executive)– John Cutcliffe
Adapted By (Vocal) – Janis Siegel (Track 11)
Arranged By – Ian Prince (Tracks 1, 5)
Arranged By – Bill Bodine (Track 2)
Arranged By – Jeff Lorber (Track 3)
Arranged By – Les Pierce (Tracks 4, 8)
Arranged By – Gerald O’Brien (Track 6)
Arranged By – Don Freeman (Track 7)
Arranged By – Larry Williams (Track 9)
Arranged By – Alan Paul, Chuck Jonkey (Track 10)
Arranged By – Mark Isham (Track 11)
Arranged By (Horn) – Jerry Hey (Track 2)
Arranged By (Horn) – Gregory Davis (Track 5)
Arranged By (Horn) – Larry Williams (Track 9)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Cheryl Bentyne (Tracks 1, 6)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Ian Prince (Track 1)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Janis Siegel (Tracks 2, 3, 7, 8)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Ales Pierce (Tracks 4, 7)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Alan Paul (Tracks 4, 10)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Van Dyke Parks (Track 5)
Arranged By (Vocal) – David Pack (Track 8)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Mervyn Warren (Track 9)
Engineer – Gary Lux
Engineer (Additional) – Elliott Peters, Stephen Krause, Steven Miller, Ted Blaisdell
Engineer (Assistant) – Ken Felton
Engineer (Second) – Leslie Ann Jones, Marnie Riley
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Gary LuxArt Direction – Nancy Donald
Photography – D. Gorton
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At Capitol Studios
Mixed At Conway Studios
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Devonshire Studios
Recorded At Paisley Park Studios
Recorded At RPM Studios
Recorded At Studio 55, LA
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