Nick Travis

A versatile trumpeter with a variety, an attractive tone, and solid technical abilities, Nick Travis spent a lot of his truncated profession as a studio room musician although he was an excellent jazz improviser too. Travis found early knowledge playing skillfully from age 15. He caused Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso (1942), Mitch Ayres, and Woody Herman (on / off during 1942-1944) before portion in the armed forces. After his release, Travis used many rings including Ray McKinley (on / off during 1946-1950), Benny Goodman (1948-1949), Gene Krupa, Ina Ray Hutton, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke, Woody Herman once again (1950-1951), Jerry Grey, Bob Chester, Elliot Lawrence, and Jimmy Dorsey (1952-1953). Travis obtained some identification for his are an integral soloist using the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1953-1956) but he went in to the anonymous globe of the studios as an associate from the NBC personnel. Nick Travis surfaced occasionally, playing section parts with Gerry Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Orchestra during 1960-1962 and executing at Lincoln Middle with Thelonious Monk’s medium-size group in past due 1963. He passed away unexpectedly in 1964 (at age 38) from ulcers. Nick Travis led an archive time of his very own for Victor in 1954 and he was also well highlighted on recordings with the tiny sets of Al Cohn (1953) and Zoot Sims (1956).