Theo Travis
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Theo Travis is a British
saxophonist and flautist
.
Travis received his degree in flute and saxophone from the University of Manchester
and has worked among others with Robert Fripp
, Gong
, Porcupine Tree
, The Tangent
, Bill Nelson
, Bass Communion
, No-Man
, Steven Wilson
, David Sylvian
, Harold Budd
, John Foxx
, Burnt Friedman and Dave and Richard Sinclair
. Since 1999, he has recorded with bassist Dave Sturt
and varying guest musicians in the band Cipher and, in 2006, he joined Soft Machine Legacy, a project based on personnel and works of the band Soft Machine
, replacing the late reedsman Elton Dean
. He is of significance to the worlds of jazz, ambient music and progressive rock
in the United Kingdom
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
saxophonist and flautist
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
.
Travis received his degree in flute and saxophone from the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
and has worked among others with Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
, Gong
Gong (band)
Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
, Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
, The Tangent
The Tangent
-Formation:Originally formed by keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine of Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Flower Kings guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, and drummer Zoltan Csörsz. The septet was completed by renowned saxophonist David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator and...
, Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson (musician)
Bill Nelson is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter and experimental musician...
, Bass Communion
Bass Communion
Bass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions...
, No-Man
No-Man
No-Man are a British art-pop duo formed in 1987 as No Man Is An Island by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson . The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections...
, Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
, David Sylvian
David Sylvian
David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...
, Harold Budd
Harold Budd
Harold Budd is an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires....
, John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
, Burnt Friedman and Dave and Richard Sinclair
Richard Sinclair
Richard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
. Since 1999, he has recorded with bassist Dave Sturt
Dave Sturt
Dave Sturt is an English bassist and record producer.-Musical career:Sturt began playing bass guitar and recording at the age of 17...
and varying guest musicians in the band Cipher and, in 2006, he joined Soft Machine Legacy, a project based on personnel and works of the band Soft Machine
Soft Machine
Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...
, replacing the late reedsman Elton Dean
Elton Dean
Elton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboard....
. He is of significance to the worlds of jazz, ambient music and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Awards
Travis' album View From the Edge was voted Best British Jazz CD of 1994 by a Jazz on CD Critics/Readers poll.Discography
- Double Talk (33 Jazz Records33 Jazz RecordsThis article is about the UK based jazz label '33' Jazz Records'33' was created in 1990 to develop a wider market for jazz and related music artists passing through the defunct 33 Jazz Club....
) - 2007 - Eleven Bowls of Acidophilus Flute Salad (Tonefoat/C) - 2006
- Earth to Ether (33 Jazz Records33 Jazz RecordsThis article is about the UK based jazz label '33' Jazz Records'33' was created in 1990 to develop a wider market for jazz and related music artists passing through the defunct 33 Jazz Club....
) - 2004 - Steve Lawson/Theo Travis: For the Love of Open Spaces (Pillow Mountain) - 2003
- Slow Life (Ether Sounds) - 2003
- Theo Travis/Mark HewinsMark HewinsMark Hewins is a British jazz guitarist known particularly for his connections to the Canterbury scene.Hewins' professional career as a guitarist began in 1970 with the London band Mother Sun...
: Guerrilla Music (Burning ShedBurning ShedBurning Shed is an independent record label established in April 2001 by musicians Tim Bowness and Peter Chilvers, in association with duplication company manager and former Noisebox Records boss, Pete Morgan....
) - 2002 - Burning Shed Records: Sampler Two - Travis / Hewins track "Slow Life" (Burning Shed) - 2002
- Heart of the Sun - 2001
- Passion Dance - Live at Ronnie's - 1999
- MarshallJohn Stanley MarshallJohn Stanley Marshall, better known as John Marshall, born 28 August 1941 in Isleworth, Middlesex, is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus and has worked with various other jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J.J...
Travis Wood: Bodywork (33 Jazz) - 1998 - Secret Island (33 Jazz) - 1996
- View From the Edge (33 Jazz) - 1994 ("Best British Jazz CD 1994")
- 2 AM - 1993
Collaborations
- John FoxxJohn FoxxJohn Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
: "Torn Sunset" (EdselEdselThe Edsel was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development,...
) - 2011 - Steven WilsonSteven WilsonSteven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
: Grace for DrowningGrace for DrowningReception for the album has been generally positive. Ben Bland of Steroboard wrote positively of the album, stating "For a work so defiantly widescreen in its intentions as this, it is truly remarkable that there is nothing that could, or rather should, be accused of being filler or being over the...
(KscopeKscopeKscope is a division or sub-label of independent record label Snapper Music dedicated to artists in the Post-Progressive genre.Artists that the label has issued albums for to date include Anathema, Anekdoten, Engineers, Lunatic Soul, No-Man, North Atlantic Oscillation, Nosound, Porcupine Tree,...
) - 2011
- Francis DunneryFrancis DunneryFrancis Dunnery is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as a solo performer , and for fronting the original lineup of the band It Bites between 1982 and 1990 .Dunnery served as a sideman and...
: Still Life in Mobile Homes (Aquarian Nation) - 2009 - GongGong (band)Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
: 20322032 (album)2032 is an album by Gong, released on . This album is a further installment of the Gong mythology, the central part of which was formed with the Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums, comprising Flying Teapot in 1973, followed by Angel's Egg, 1973, and You in 1974...
(G-Wave) - 2009
- KarmakanicKarmakanicKarmakanic are a progressive rock / metal group founded in Malmö, Sweden in 2002 by bassist and keyboardist Jonas Reingold. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, sudden full stops, complex timing and metre changes, abstract lyrics, and long periods of instrumentation...
: Who's the Boss in the Factory? (Inside OutInsideOut MusicInside Out Music is a German independent record label based in Kleve, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles music albums.-History:...
) - 2008 - Travis & FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
: Thread (Panegyric) - 2008 - Jade WarriorJade Warrior (band)Jade Warrior are a British group that were formed in 1970, originally evolving out of a band named July. The founding members were Tony Duhig , Jon Field and Glyn Havard...
: NOWNOW (Jade Warrior album)NOW is the fourteenth studio album by British band Jade Warrior. Released on 30 June 2008 on the WindWeaver label, it comes after a 15 year gap since their last album Distant Echoes.-Musicians:* Jon Field - Flutes, Percussion, Keyboards...
(Windweaver Music) - 2008 - The TangentThe Tangent-Formation:Originally formed by keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine of Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Flower Kings guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, and drummer Zoltan Csörsz. The septet was completed by renowned saxophonist David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator and...
: Not as Good as the BookNot as Good as the BookNot as Good as the Book is the fourth studio album released by progressive rock group The Tangent. The Special Edition of the album includes a 100-page novella by Andy Tillison with illustrations by Antoine Ettori.-Disc one - A Crisis in Mid-Life:...
(Inside OutInsideOut MusicInside Out Music is a German independent record label based in Kleve, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles music albums.-History:...
) - 2008 - No-ManNo-ManNo-Man are a British art-pop duo formed in 1987 as No Man Is An Island by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson . The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections...
: Schoolyard GhostsSchoolyard GhostsSchoolyard Ghosts is the name of the sixth studio album by British art rock band No-Man.Recorded in the UK, France, Sweden and the USA and released on May 12, 2008, the album features contributions from Bruce Kaphan , drummers Pat Mastelotto and Gavin Harrison , saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis, and...
(Kscope/Snapper Music) - 2008 - Bass Communion: Pacific Codex (Headphone Dust) - 2008
- Cary GraceCary GraceCary Grace is an American recording artist, singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She plays guitar and analogue synthesizers.Her music is strongly influenced by classic British psychedelic and progressive rock as well as space rock, but spans a wide range of genres, from folk rock to...
: Where You Go (Door 13 Music) - 2007 - Soft Machine Legacy: Steam - 2007
- The TangentThe Tangent-Formation:Originally formed by keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine of Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Flower Kings guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, and drummer Zoltan Csörsz. The septet was completed by renowned saxophonist David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator and...
: A Place in the QueueA Place in the QueueA Place in the Queue is the third studio album released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. This is the band's first album not to include guitarist Roine Stolt and drummer Zoltan Csörsz.-Track listing:...
(Inside OutInsideOut MusicInside Out Music is a German independent record label based in Kleve, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles music albums.-History:...
) - 2006 - John LesterJohn LesterJohn Ashby Lester was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lester was one of the Philadelphian cricketers who played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I...
: So Many Reasons (Midnite Cafe) - 2006 - Porcupine TreePorcupine TreePorcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
: Stupid DreamStupid DreamStupid Dream is the fifth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 1999. It became the band's best selling album up to the time of its release....
(Special Edition 2 CD set) (Lava/Atlantic) - 2006
- Cipher: Elemental Forces (Burning Shed) - 2005
- Nine Horses: (David Sylvian/Steve Jansen/Burnt Friedman) Snow Bourne Sorrow - (SamadhiSound) - 2005
- Bass CommunionBass CommunionBass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions...
: Indicates Void (Tonefloat) - 2005
- A Marble Calm: Surfacing (Burning Shed) - 2004
- The Tangent: The World That We Drive ThroughThe World That We Drive ThroughThe World That We Drive Through is the second studio album released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. This album also marks the first appearance of Theo Travis in the band's lineup....
(Inside Out) - 2004 - Steven WilsonSteven WilsonSteven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
: Unreleased Electronic Music Volume 1 (Headphone Dust) - 2004 - Bass Communion: Ghosts on magnetic tape (Headphone Dust) - 2004
- Tito Lopez Combo: Still Smokin (Tito's Records) - 2004
- Karen Lane: Taste - 2004
- David Sinclair: Into the Sun - 2003
- David Sinclair: Full Circle - 2003
- Uri GellerUri GellerUri Geller is a self-proclaimed psychic known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed psychic effects. Throughout the years, Geller has been accused of using simple conjuring tricks to achieve the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy...
: Meditations (Forkbender) - 2003 - Uri Geller: Words of Courage and Inspiration (Forkbender) - 2003
- Darkroom: Remixes - 2003
- Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves SidewaysThe Sky Moves SidewaysThe Sky Moves Sideways is the third studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in February, 1995. It has been compared to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here because of their similar structure; both albums have extended pieces at the beginning and end, which are the...
(Reissue) (Delerium) - 2003 - House of Thandoy: House of Thandoy - 2003
- Harbans Srih's Vybesmen: Harbans Srih's Vybesmen (Tito Records) - 2003
- Bass Communion: / Various Bass Communion remixed (Headphone Dust) - 2003
- No-ManNo-ManNo-Man are a British art-pop duo formed in 1987 as No Man Is An Island by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson . The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections...
: All that you are (Hidden Art EP) - 2003
- Aphratec: The Discerning Dancefloor - Volume One "All Things" track on vinyl compilation album (Care in the Community Records).
- Cipher: One Who Whispers (Gliss) - 2002
- GongGong (band)Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
: OK Friends (Gas) - 2002 - Gong: From Here to Eternety (2CD reissue) (Snapper) - 2002
- Gong: High above the Subterranea - live DVD (Snapper) - 2002
- Inconnu: Les Pensees de Nos Reves (EP) (Over Records) - 2002
- Akiko KobayashiAkiko Kobayashi (singer), also known by her alias Holi, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and arranger.Kobayashi collaborated with Brian Eno and U2 on their 1995 project, the Passengers...
: Beloved (Warner Japan) - 2001 - Anja GarbarekAnja GarbarekAnja Garbarek is a Norwegian singer-songwriter of mixed Norwegian and Polish descent. She is the daughter of the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek and grew up around Oslo. She received the Spellemannsprisen in 2001 for her album Smiling & Waving in the open class category. She is married to...
: Smiling and Waving (Virgin Norway) - 2001 - JansenSteve JansenSteve Jansen is an English drummer, percussionist, singer and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London, where he failed academically, leaving at 16....
BarbieriRichard BarbieriRichard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
KarnMick KarnAndonis Michaelides , better known as Mick Karn, was an English multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, who came to fame as the bassist for the art rock band Japan, from 1974 to 1982....
(JBK): Playing in a room with people (Medium) - 2001 - (Live album) - Porcupine Tree: Recordings (K Scope/Snapper) - 2001
- Bass Communion: Bass Communion 3 (Burning Shed) - 2001
- Recreator: Solar Sahara (FMR) - 2001
- No-Man: Lost Songs, Volume One (Burning Shed) - 2001
- No-ManNo-ManNo-Man are a British art-pop duo formed in 1987 as No Man Is An Island by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson . The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections...
: Returning JesusReturning Jesus-Vinyl LP 'Complete Sessions' Edition:Disc 1 of the vinyl edition share the same track-listing with the CD version.- Personnel :*Tim Bowness - vocals, words*Steven Wilson - instrumentswith:*Steve Jansen - drums, percussion...
(3rd Stone) - 2001 - Rod Blake: Blake (Candid) - 2001
- Tito Lopez Combo: Tito Rides In (Acid Jazz) - 2001
- Gong: Zero to InfinityZero to Infinity-External links:** at www.aural-innovations.com...
(Snapper music) - 2000 - Gong: Live to Infinitea (Snapper music) - 2000
- Bass Communion: Invisible Soundtracks Macro 3 compilation (Leaf) - 2000 ("Quantico" track )
- Bass Communion: "Drugged" remix on Silver Apples Remix CD (3rd Stone) - 2000
- Porcupine Tree: Stranger by the minute/Even Less(pt 2) (single, K Scope) - 2000
- Cipher: Hidden Art compilation (Hidden Art) - 2000 - (exclusive Cipher track "The Lodger pt 2")
- Jansen Barbieri Karn: Medium sampler. (Medium) - 2000 - (live track "Life without buildings").
- Pulse Remix CD: DJ Spooky and Steve Jansen tracks (Medium) - 2000
- Porcupine Tree: Stupid DreamStupid DreamStupid Dream is the fifth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 1999. It became the band's best selling album up to the time of its release....
(K scope) - 1999 - Porcupine Tree: Piano Lessons/ Ambulance Chasing (Kscope) - 1999 - single
- Various: The Sky Goes All The Way Home. (Voiceprint) - 1999 - (Cipher and No-Man tracks)
- Bass Communion: Bass Communion 2 (Hidden Art) - 1999
- Yukihiro TakahashiYukihiro TakahashiYukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
/Steve JansenSteve JansenSteve Jansen is an English drummer, percussionist, singer and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London, where he failed academically, leaving at 16....
: Pulse (Con - Sipio) - 1999 - Cipher: No Ordinary Man (Hidden Art) - 1999
- Jansen Barbieri Karn: _ism (Medium) - 1998
- Masami TsuchiyaMasami TsuchiyaMasami Tsuchiya is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and guitarist in the group Ippu-Do. His subsequent output includes solo work and collaborations...
: Forest People (Polygram/ Cross) - 1998 - Bass Communion: Bass Communion (3rd Stone Records) - 1998
- Indigo FallsIndigo FallsIndigo Falls is a British music group centered on ex-Japan member Richard Barbieri and his wife, singer Suzanne J. Barbieri....
: Indigo Falls (Medium Productions) - 1998 - Velvet Smooth Moods 2 (Jazz FM Records) - 1998 - track on compilation
- The Great Unknown: It's out there (Infinity records) - 1998
- SugizoSugizo, born , is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Referred to by his stage name Sugizo, he is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band Luna Sea, who were popular in the 1990s. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists...
: Truth (Polygram/Cross) - 1997 - Ute: Under The External (track - 'three breaths') Id/Mercury(Polygram) - 1997
- Dick Heckstall-SmithDick Heckstall-SmithDick Heckstall-Smith was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most important English blues-rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:...
: Celtic Steppes (33 Records) - 1996 - Gaddy Zerbib: Gaddy Zerbib (Zerbib) - 1996
- Jive Nation: Under African Skies (Bridge Records) - 1996
- The Other Side: Dangerous Days (Bridge Records) - 1994
- Jade Warrior: Distant Echoes (Red Hot) - 1993
External links
- Official Site
- Bio at TheoTravis.com
- [ All Music]
- Cipher
- Lindsay, Bruce: Theo Travis: From Prog to Jazz and Back Again at All About JazzAll About JazzAll About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...