Nick Travis

Nick Travis (November 16, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 7, 1964, in New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Biography
Travis started playing professionally at age fifteen, performing during the early 1940s with Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso (1942), Mitchell Ayres, and Woody Herman (1942–44).

In 1944, he joined the military; after his World War II 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.

He then became a session musician for NBC, and also performed 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.

Death
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 Urbie Green With Quincy Jones With John Lewis With Gerry Mulligan With Mark Murphy With Joe Newman With Zoot Sims With Own Quintet
 * Brookmeyer (Vik, 1956)
 * Jazz Concerto Grosso (ABC-Paramount, 1957) with Gerry Mulligan and Phil Sunkel
 * Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)
 * Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)
 * Al Cohn's Tones (Savoy, 1953 [1956])
 * Four Brass One Tenor (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960)
 * The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
 * Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
 * Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961)
 * The Music Man (Atlantic, 1958)
 * All About Urbie Green and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
 * With Coleman Hawkins
 * The Hawk in Hi Fi (RCA Victor, 1956)
 * The Hawk in Paris (Vik, 1956)
 * The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959)
 * Essence (Atlantic, 1962)
 * The Concert Jazz Band (Verve, 1960)
 * Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (Verve, 1960 [1962])
 * Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (Verve, 1960 [1961])
 * Holliday with Mulligan (DRG, 1961 [1980]) with Judy Holliday
 * Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz (Verve, 1961)
 * Gerry Mulligan '63 (Verve, 1963)
 * That's How I Love the Blues! (Riverside, 1962)
 * Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956)
 * Zoot! (Riverside, 1956)
 * The Panic Is On! (Hallmark, 1990)