Nick Travis

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

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).

Most of Travis's work was in big bands, but he also played in small ensembles with Al Cohn (1953) and Zoot Sims (1956).

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