Nick Travis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nick Travis

American jazz musician

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1925

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1964

Profession: jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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), Mitchell 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.