The Offbeat of Avenues

1991 – Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

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Notes on the album…

The Offbeat Of Avenues was the first of two albums for Columbia Records and the first Manhattan Transfer album where the majority of the songs were either written or co-written by the members of the group. The album yielded them yet another Grammy, this time for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance for the song “Sassy.” The song has lyrics by Janis Siegel and Cheryl Bentyne and music by Siegel and Bill Bodine.

One Response to The Offbeat of Avenues

  1. Raymond Edwards says:
    January 6, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    This tune featuring Tim Houser on lead, was written by Donald Fagon of Steely Dan fame and arranged by Mervyn Warren of Take Six fame and you add the incomparable harmonies of TMT and you have a winner. An upbeat tune with decending harmonies. One of my very favorite tunes by my favorite group. I would love to hear them perform this song live!

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