Nick Travis

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Nick Travis (b. Nov. 16, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - d. Oct. 7, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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 Art Farmer

The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)

With Dizzy Gillespie

Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
Perceptions (Verve, 1961)

With Benny Golson

Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961)

With Mark Murphy

That's How I Love the Blues! (Riverside, 1962)

With Zoot Sims

Zoot! (Riverside, 1956)

With Own Quintet

The Panic Is On! (Hallmark, 1990)

References

Scott Yanow, Nick Travis at Allmusic

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19867312 LCCN: n82002921 ISNI: 0000 0000 5513 5579 GND: 134792203 BNF: cb139005502

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Name	Travis, Nick
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Short description	American jazz musician
Date of birth	1925
Place of birth
Date of death	1964
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