THEO TRAVIS BAND - DOUBLE TALK
the latest album
released on 33 Records 33Jazz 166
Theo Travis - tenor&soprano saxes, wah sax, flute, alto flute, clarinet
Mike Outram - electric guitar. Peter Whitakker - hammond organ.
Roy Dodds - drums, gongs. with special guest Robert Fripp - guitar and guitar soundscapes
full track list :
ascending - oblivionville - the relegation of pluto - the endless search - pallendream - see emily play - and so it seemed - portobello
TO BUY GO TO ORDERING
THEO TRAVIS BAND - EARTH TO ETHER
the latest album from Theo and his quartet featuring Theo's unique melodic writing and brilliant sax and flute playing.
The CD features eight original compositions with a guest appearance by Richard Sinclair (of 'Caravan' and 'Hatfield and The North' fame) on three songs. The album has influences from English progressive rock , folk music, 1970's flute, cool jazz, and Brazilian groove. 'Earth to Ether is already hailed as Theo's finest and most diverse album to date.
released on 33 Records 33Jazz 115
The Mystic and the Emporer
21st Century Schizoid Man
The Munich Train
Things Change
Theo Travis - tenor&flute Simon Colam - piano. Andy Hamill - bass.
Marc Parnell - drums. and special guest Richard Sinclair - vocals
full track list :
the mystic and the emporer - 21st century schitzoid man - the book - marti - the munich train - the frozen time - stewed flute - things change - full moon rising part 2
( see also News and Reviews )
TO BUY GO TO ORDERING
STEVE LAWSON / THEO TRAVIS'For The Love Of Open Spaces'
"New duo album with Steve Lawson using cutting edge live looping technology, for a series of bass and alto flute/soprano sax improvisations - highly textured and layered, melodic, calm but hypnotic music "
Hear extracts from all 6 tracks -
PLAY AUDIO CLIP :
(2.00min approx - 56kps)
GO TO ORDERING
see also News page and www.pillowmountainrecords.co.uk
View from the Edge - Deluxe Edition
(2 CDset) Released June 2003
Theo Travis - Tenor Saxophone and Flute
David Gordon - Piano
Rob Statham - Bass
Ichiro Tatsuhara - Drums
with guests:-
Tony Coe - Bass Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone
Mark Wood - Guitars
Jeff Clyne - Bass
John Marshall - Drums
PLAY CLIP :
'Freedom'
"An album that combines the imaginative with the beautiful ... recommended"
All Music Guide (USA)
"Like a modern day Duke, Travis takes delight in compositions which create subtlely-constructed pictures of moods"
Jazz the Magazine
Theo Travis' second solo CD, View from the Edge, marked his arrival as a major force in British jazz as a player and particularly as a composer. It was originally released in 1994. Theo's music has a strong personal identity, featuring strong colours and elements of other musics including the more experimental end of rock. The album was described in the All Music Guide (USA) as a successful example of "progressive jazz". The album was voted Best British CD of 1994 in a Reader/Critics Poll in Jazz on CD magazine.
View from the Edge - Deluxe Edition is a 2-CD set comprising the original album digitally remastered, and a second CD comprising 3 alternative takes , 2 reconstruction/remixes and a live track from the Jazz Cafe, London, from the View from the Edge tour. The inclusion of a whole extra CD of music has the benefit of not disturbing the shape and flow of the original album. Each of the alternative takes offers something different from the corresponding original album track. The reconstruction/remixes - including one by composer/producer and Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper - involve reassembling the pieces by taking just the original recorded instrumental performances and looping, filtering, sampling, moving parts around and rebuilding and remixing the tracks from their component elements. The result is two imaginative and inspired new tracks offering a new perspective on the corresponding original tracks. The packaging has also been improved and expanded.
GO TO ORDERING
Slow Life
Theo performs nine pieces, each recorded live in the studio, using what he describes as his "system of ambitronics", a series of foot pedals enabling him to build up layered hypnotic loops of alto flute and spontaneously overdubbing other flute lines. Occupying a territory between the Minimalist excursions of Steve Reich and the loop innovations of Fripp and Eno, 'Slow Life' is probably the most ethereal Theo Travis album to date.
For immediate purchase got to ORDERING
PLAY CLIP OR DOWNLOAD MP3
Salad Noir play clip Stereo play clip
Heart Of The Sun
the first studio album by Theo since his acclaimed 1996 release 'Secret Island'. Featuring his renowned quartet plus other international guests including Denmark's legendry trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg.
released on 33 Records 33Jazz 063
play clip or download clip as 16 bit MP3
All I Know(Travis)
Fast Life (Travis)
That Old Smile (Travis)
All I Know - Northern Lights - Fast Life - Barking Dogs And Caravans - Here's That Rainy Day - That Old Smile - Last Flight From Twinwood - Bass Rock
GO TO ORDERING or AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON
Passion Dance - Live at Ronnies
THEO TRAVIS - TENOR SAX / FLUTE
DAVID GORDON - PIANO
ANDY HAMILL - BASS
MARC PARNELL - DRUMS
the quartets powerful live performance of some classic tunes by McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, Tubby Hayes, Cole Porter along with Theo's original compositions.
released on Ronnie Scott Jazz Records JHCD 059
play clip or download clip as 16 bit MP3
Dog Days (Travis)
Impressions (Coltrane)
Nightmare In New York (Travis)
recorded July 13 - 15 1999. Frith St, London.
go to ORDERING for on line, credit card and mail order details.
Secret Island
33Jazz 033
Theo Travis - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
David Gordon - Piano
Rob Statham - Bass
Marc Parnell - Drums
featuring John Etheridge - Guitars
with guests:
Gary Hammond - Percussion / Dave Sturt - Bass / Andrew Small - Drums
PLAY CLIP :
Lulworth Night
go to ORDERING
2 am33Jazz 011
Theo Travis - Tenor Saxophone
David Gordon - Piano
Rob Statham - Bass
Ichiro Tatsuhara - Drums
with guests:-
Mark Wood - Guitars / Robin Jones - Percussion
2 am
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
RecreatorSolar Sahara
SR20001201
Theo Travis (saxophones/flute)
Steve Hubback (keyboard, gongs percussion, etc)
Nick LeBeat (programming, korg, electronics, etc)
"..It's not the standard acoustic jazz trio stuff and all the better for it. Definitely an album to hear..."
FMR79-0601
PLAY CLIP
Beyond Fire
go to ORDERING
Travis / Beaujolais Quartet
Berlin Vibe
Theo Travis (saxophones/flute) - Roger Beaujolais (vibraphone)
Bjorn Lucker (Drums) - Stefan Weeke (bass)
PLAY CLIP
Life In Sand
"It all came together in June 2000 when the Goethe Institute, London enabled a UK tour of the four of us. Every night was a real joy. Approached by Symbol Records to record an album of original material, it was an offer we couldn't refuse. So here we are a year layer with this album, which combines my tunes, Roger's and a couple of other compositions. I think it's turned out well and hope you enjoy it".
Theo Travis
go to ORDERING
Cipher
an ambient electronic project by Theo Travis & Dave Sturt.
cipher web site
"Blackmail on a hot Sunday afternoon"
"Outside it got hotter and hotter, while inside the Phoenix a huge array of keyboards, assorted electronics and musical instruments were being fine tuned. Fresh from a week at Ronnie Scott's Club Theo Travis, and Dave Sturt who are Cipher, viewed a run-through of the silent version of Hitchcock's Blackmail. Their newly composed score, they admitted, had been written against the sound version, so now several sequences required them to improvise. As the film progressed, it became obvious that subtle changes exist between the two versions, most notably in the chase sequence on the roof of the British Museum. Without sound, the famous dialogue with the word "knife" highlighted took on a different dimension. The sound score composed by Cipher, with its repeated electronic sounds and instrumental commentary worked brilliantly, to an extent that one did not seem to miss any spoken dialogue."
Laurence Lewis
go to ORDERING
Bodywork33Jazz 036
JOHN MARSHALL - DRUMS
THEO TRAVIS - TENOR SAX / SOPRANO / FLUTE
MARK WOOD - GUITARS
improvising trio Marshall Travis Wood
PLAY CLIP
Bodywork
go to ORDERING
artist - title - label - year of release
The Tangent - Not as good as the book (Inside Out) - 2008
Bass Communion - Pacific Codex - (Equation) - 2008
Cary Grace Band - Where you go - (Door 13 Music) 2008
Theo Travis - Double Talk (33 Records) 2007
Theo Travis - Slow Life - 2 LP Deluxe vinyl edition featuring bonus tracks (Tonefloat) 2007
Soft Machine Legacy - Steam (Moonjune) 2007
The Tangent - Going off on one (Inside Out) 2007
Steve Jansen - Slope (Samadhisound) 2007
Cipher - Elemental Forces (Burning Shed) 2006
Bass Communion - Ghosts on Magnetic Tape (Tonefloat) 2006
No Man - returning Jesus (Complete Sessions) - 3LP Vinyl edition (2006)
Theo Travis - Eleven Bowls of Acidophilus Flute Salad (Tonefoat/C) 2006
The Tangent - A Place in the Queue (Inside Out ) 2006
John Lester - So Many Reasons (Midnite Cafe) 2006
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (Special Edition 2 CD set) (Lava/Atlantic) 2006
The Tangent - The World that we drive through (Inside Out) - 2005
Nine Horses (David Sylvian/Steve Jansen/Burnt Friedman) - Snow Bourne Sorrow - (SamadhiSound) - 2005
Bass Communion - Indicates Void (Tonefloat) - 2005
A Marble Calm - Surfacing (Burning Shed) - 2004
Steven Wilson - 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 Geller - Meditations (Forkbender) - 2003
Uri Geller - Words of Courage and Inspiration (Forkbender) - 2003
Steve Lawson/Theo Travis - For the Love of Open Spaces (Pillow Mountain) - 2003
Darkroom - Remixes - 2003
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (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
Theo Travis - Slow Life (Ether Sounds) - 2003
No Man - 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
Theo Travis/Mark Hewins - Guerrilla Music (Burning Shed) - 2002
Burning Shed Sampler Two - Travis / Hewins track "Slow Life" (Burning Shed) - 2002
Gong - 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 Kobayashi - Beloved (Warner Japan) - 2001
Anja Garbarek - Smiling and Waving (Virgin Norway) - 2001
Jansen Barbieri Karn (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 Man - Returning Jesus (3rd Stone) - 2001
Rod Blake - Blake (Candid) - 2001
Tito Lopez Combo - Tito Rides In (Acid Jazz) - 2001
Gong - Zero to Infinity. (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 Dream (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 Takahashi/Steve Jansen - Pulse (Con - Sipio) - 1999
Jansen Barbieri Karn - _ism (Medium) - 1998
Masami Tsuchiya - Forest People (Polygram/ Cross) - 1998
Bass Communion - Bass Communion (3rd Stone Records) - 1998
Indigo Falls - 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
Sugizo - Truth (Polygram/Cross)- 1997
Ute - Under The External (track - 'three breaths') Id/Mercury(Polygram) -1997
Dick Heckstall Smith - 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