The Offbeat of Avenues | ||||
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Studio album by The Manhattan Transfer | ||||
Released | August 13, 1991 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 55:41 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Tim Hauser | |||
The Manhattan Transfer chronology | ||||
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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.
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 by composed by Janis Siegel and Bill Bodine.