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Theo Travis (born on July 7, 1964 in Birmingham, England) is a British saxophonist and flautist.
Travis received his degree in music from the University of Manchester specialising in the works of Shostakovich. He is well respected on the British jazz scene and has made ten albums as leader, composing and arranging most of the material. He has also worked 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. Since 2008 he has worked with guitarist Robert Fripp in the duo Travis and Fripp. In 2009/2010 they performed 21 concerts together, and they have released 2 CDs to date (on the Panegyric label) as well as 3 live concerts as downloads through DGMLive, 2 of them also on vinyl (Tonefloat). Travis has also worked extensively with Steven Wilson, performing on 15 of his records and with Wilson mixing 6 of Travis' releases. Travis appears extensively as featured soloist on Wilson's Grammy nominated album Grace for Drowning, and is part of his touring live band. He is of significance to the worlds of jazz, ambient music and progressive rock in the United Kingdom.
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 Records) - 2007Eleven Bowls of Acidophilus Flute Salad (Tonefoat/C) - 2006Earth to Ether (33 Jazz Records) - 2004Steve Lawson/Theo Travis: For the Love of Open Spaces (Pillow Mountain) - 2003Slow Life (Ether Sounds) - 2003Theo Travis/Mark Hewins: Guerrilla Music (Burning Shed) - 2002Burning Shed Records: Sampler Two - Travis / Hewins track "Slow Life" (Burning Shed) - 2002Heart of the Sun - 2001Passion Dance - Live at Ronnie's - 1999Marshall Travis Wood: Bodywork (33 Jazz) - 1998Secret Island (33 Jazz) - 1996View From the Edge (33 Jazz) - 1994 ("Best British Jazz CD 1994")2 AM - 1993 Collaborations
Steven Wilson: Catalog / Preserve / Amass (live) - 2012John Foxx: Torn Sunset (Edsel) - 2011Steven Wilson: Grace for Drowning (Kscope) - 2011Travis & Fripp: Live at Coventry Cathedral (Panegyric) - 2010Francis Dunnery: Still Life in Mobile Homes (Aquarian Nation) - 2009Gong: 2032 (G-Wave) - 2009Karmakanic: Who's the Boss in the Factory? (Inside Out) - 2008Travis & Fripp: Thread (Panegyric) - 2008Jade Warrior: NOW (Windweaver Music) - 2008The Tangent: Not as Good as the Book (Inside Out) - 2008No-Man: Schoolyard Ghosts' (Kscope/Snapper Music) - 2008Bass Communion: Pacific Codex (Headphone Dust) - 2008Cary Grace: Where You Go (Door 13 Music) - 2007Soft Machine Legacy: Steam - 2007The Tangent: A Place in the Queue (Inside Out) - 2006John Lester: So Many Reasons (Midnite Cafe) - 2006Porcupine Tree: Stupid Dream (Special Edition 2 CD set) (Lava/Atlantic) - 2006Cipher: Elemental Forces (Burning Shed) - 2005Nine Horses: (David Sylvian/Steve Jansen/Burnt Friedman) Snow Bourne Sorrow - (SamadhiSound) - 2005Bass Communion: Indicates Void (Tonefloat) - 2005A Marble Calm: Surfacing (Burning Shed) - 2004The Tangent: The World That We Drive Through (Inside Out) - 2004Steven Wilson: Unreleased Electronic Music Volume 1 (Headphone Dust) - 2004Bass Communion: Ghosts on magnetic tape (Headphone Dust) - 2004Tito Lopez Combo: Still Smokin' (Tito's Records) - 2004Karen Lane: Taste - 2004David Sinclair: Into the Sun - 2003David Sinclair: Full Circle - 2003Uri Geller: Meditations (Forkbender) - 2003Uri Geller: Words of Courage and Inspiration (Forkbender) - 2003Darkroom: Remixes - 2003Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves Sideways (Reissue) (Delerium) - 2003House of Thandoy: House of Thandoy - 2003Harbans Srih's Vybesmen: Harbans Srih's Vybesmen (Tito Records) - 2003Bass Communion: / Various Bass Communion remixed (Headphone Dust) - 2003No-Man: All that you are (Hidden Art EP) - 2003Aphratec: The Discerning Dancefloor - Volume One "All Things" track on vinyl compilation album (Care in the Community Records).Cipher: One Who Whispers (Gliss) - 2002Gong: OK Friends (Gas) - 2002Gong: From Here to Eternety (2CD reissue) (Snapper) - 2002Gong: High above the Subterranea - live DVD (Snapper) - 2002Inconnu: Les Pensees de Nos Reves (EP) (Over Records) - 2002Akiko Kobayashi: Beloved (Warner Japan) - 2001Anja Garbarek: Smiling and Waving (Virgin Norway) - 2001Jansen Barbieri Karn (JBK): Playing in a room with people (Medium) - 2001 - (Live album)Porcupine Tree: Recordings (K Scope/Snapper) - 2001Bass Communion: Bass Communion 3 (Burning Shed) - 2001Recreator: Solar Sahara (FMR) - 2001No-Man: Lost Songs, Volume One (Burning Shed) - 2001No-Man: Returning Jesus (3rd Stone) - 2001Rod Blake: Blake (Candid) - 2001Tito Lopez Combo: Tito Rides In (Acid Jazz) - 2001Gong: Zero to Infinity (Snapper music) - 2000Gong: Live to Infinitea (Snapper music) - 2000Bass Communion: Invisible Soundtracks Macro 3 compilation (Leaf) - 2000 ("Quantico" track )Bass Communion: "Drugged" remix on Silver Apples Remix CD (3rd Stone) - 2000Porcupine Tree: Stranger by the minute/Even Less(pt 2) (single, K Scope) - 2000Cipher: 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) - 2000Porcupine Tree: Stupid Dream (K scope) - 1999Porcupine Tree: Piano Lessons/ Ambulance Chasing (Kscope) - 1999 - singleVarious: The Sky Goes All The Way Home. (Voiceprint) - 1999 - (Cipher and No-Man tracks)Bass Communion: Bass Communion 2 (Hidden Art) - 1999Yukihiro Takahashi/Steve Jansen: Pulse (Con - Sipio) - 1999Cipher: No Ordinary Man (Hidden Art) - 1999Jansen Barbieri Karn: _ism (Medium) - 1998Masami Tsuchiya: Forest People (Polygram/ Cross) - 1998Bass Communion: Bass Communion (3rd Stone Records) - 1998Indigo Falls: Indigo Falls (Medium Productions) - 1998Velvet Smooth Moods 2 (Jazz FM Records) - 1998 - track on compilationThe Great Unknown: It's out there (Infinity records) - 1998Sugizo: Truth (Polygram/Cross) - 1997Ute: Under The External (track - 'three breaths') Id/Mercury(Polygram) - 1997Dick Heckstall-Smith: Celtic Steppes (33 Records) - 1996Gaddy Zerbib: Gaddy Zerbib (Zerbib) - 1996Jive Nation: Under African Skies (Bridge Records) - 1996The Other Side: Dangerous Days (Bridge Records) - 1994Jade Warrior: Distant Echoes (Red Hot) - 1993 External links
Official SiteBio at TheoTravis.comAll MusicCipherLindsay, Bruce: Theo Travis: From Prog to Jazz and Back Again at All About Jazz
