Name Nick Travis | ||
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Died October 7, 1964, New York City, New York, United States Albums The Panic Is On, Maynard Ferguson And His Birdland Dream Band, Travisimo Similar People Bernie Glow, Osie Johnson, Al Cohn, Gene Quill, Manny Albam | ||
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Nick Travis (b. Nov. 16, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - d. Oct. 7, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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Travis started playing professionally at age 15, playing in the early 1940s with Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso (1942), Mitch Ayres, and Woody Herman (1942–44). In 1944 he joined the military; after his service he played with Ray McKinley (1946–50, intermittent), Benny Goodman (1948–49), Gene Krupa, Ina Ray Hutton, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke, Herman once more (1950–51), Jerry Gray, Bob Chester, Elliot Lawrence, and Jimmy Dorsey (1952–53). From 1953-56 he was a soloist in the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. After this he became a session musician for NBC, but played with Gerry Mulligan (1960–62) and Thelonious Monk (1963, at Lincoln Center).
Most of Travis's work was in big bands, but he also played in small ensembles with Al Cohn (1953) and Zoot Sims (1956). He led one session for Victor Records in 1954.
In 1964, Travis died at age 38 as a result of complications from ulcers.
Discography
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Al Cohn
With Art Farmer
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Benny Golson
With Jimmy Giuffre
With Quincy Jones
With John Lewis
With Gerry Mulligan
With Mark Murphy
With Joe Newman
With Zoot Sims
With Own Quintet