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Theo Travis' Double Talk

Theo - tenor and soprano saxes, flute, loops
Pete Whittaker - organ
Mike Outram - guitar
Roy Dodds - drums

2008
10 Jan Norwich - (plus support by Peter Chilvers) Norwich Arts Centre, 51 St. Benedicts St (01603 660352) norwichartscentre.co.uk
12 Jan Bishops Caundle, Somerset - The White Hart (sherbornejazz.org.uk
13 Jan (start time 1pm) Bristol - The Albert Inn, West St, Bedminster (01225 427494/ 01275 833688)
25  Jan Mold, N. Wales - Theatre Clwyd  clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
2 Feb Maidstone - Pizza Express , 32 Earl St (01622 683549) pizzaexpresslive.com
5 March London - St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cafe in the Crypt, Duncannon street, Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ (020 7766 1158)
April 12 - Bracknell - South Hill Park. Ringmead. Double bill with New York trio - Trio Tarana (southhillpark)
June 4 Glasgow - University of Strathclyde - workshop 1pm-5 pm
June 5 Aberdeen - The Blue Lamp, 111 Gallowgate, Scotland AB25 1BU (01224 619770)
June 6 Edinburgh - The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street, EH1 1HR (thejazzbar.co.uk)
http://www.thejazzbar.co.uk (0131 220 4298)
June 7 - Stirling - The Tollbooth, Jail Wynd, (01786 27 4000)
(The Tollbooth)
Weds June 18 London - Pizza Express, Dean St, W1 (0207 734 3220)
June 26 London - Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill ,Waterlow Park N6 5HG (020 8348 8716)
Oct 14 Petersfield - Bedales Theatre,near Steep,Hampshire (01730 711511)
November 20 - Oxford - The Spin at the Wheatsheaf, 129 High St OX1. Tel 01865 741909/ 245537

Double Talk Live Review
Saxophonist and flautist Theo Travis makes no bones about the influence of the 1960s and 1970s on his latest group. Quite apart from a charming and relatively faithful cover of Syd Barrett's See Emily Play, the music that Travis has composed for Double Talk has more than a few passing similarities to pop and rock music from that era, too.
The opening number of both Double Talk's eponymous album and their first set here, Ascending, may recall the Thomas Hardy country and church-inspired work of saxophonist John Surman with its lovely soprano lines, but it also wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Focus album. The Beatles spring to mind during And So It Seemed's teased-out arpeggios - shades of I Want You (She's So Heavy) - and Portobello 67's Ticket to Ride-like innocence, and there's another hint of prog-rock in The Relegation of Pluto.
Rather than simply indulge in nostalgia, Travis carries these references forward to create a moody, melodic, occasionally becalmed but generally earthy form of jazz that belongs in the here and now. His robust yet elegant tenor playing brings an urgency that's matched by Roy Dodds's cracking drumming and organist Pete Whittaker's industrious basslines and spidery harmonic colouring, and if guitarist Mike Outram had played nothing else after his taut, bluesy string-bend-fest of a solo on Ascending, he still would have earned his fee.
Rob Adams. Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Cipher tour - 2008
Theo and Dave Sturt (Cipher) performing their brand new score to the classic 1925 "first horror film" Phantom of the Opera (featuring Lon Chaney)

March 13 - Bradford - National Media Museum nationalmediamuseum.org.uk. World premiere.
March 16 - Sheffield - The Showroom (0114 2757727)
March 20 - Wellingborough - The Castle (01933 270 007)
March 30 - Northampton - The Forum (01604 624811)
April 26 - Cardiff - Chapter Arts Centre (02920 304400)
April 27 (2pm)- London - Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley 52 High Rd London, N2 9PJ (020 84446789) phoenixcinema.co.uk
May 2 - London - Greenwich Picturehouse Screening Room (0871 704 2059)
May 3 - London - Greenwich Picturehouse Screening Room (0871 704 2059)
May 8 - London - The Ritzy, Brixton (0871 704 2065)
May 10 - Leeds- Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road,LS6 1JD (0113 275 2045)
hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
May 11 - Cambridge - Arts Picturehouse (0871 704 2050)
May 18 - Norwich - Cinema City (0871 704 2053)
May 22 - Bath - The Little Theatre Cinema (0871 704 2061)
May 23 - Coventry - University of Warwick Arts Centre. (024 7652 4525)
May 25 - Nottingham - Broadway Cinema (0115 9526611)
June 28 - Portsmouth - No 6 cinema. Historic Dockyard. 19 College Road, PO1 3LJ (0781 5650753)
September 13 - Welwyn Garden City -Campus West Arts, The Campus , Hertfordshire AL8 6BX campuswest.co.uk/theatre/ (01707 357117)

Gong
There are two very special gigs this summer with the classic band Gong.
The line up will be -
Daevid Allen - guitar and vocals
Gilli Smyth - space whisper
Steve Hillage - guitar
Mike Howlett - bass
Theo Travis - sax and flute
Miquette Giraundy - keys/ synths
Chris Taylor - drums

Sat 14th June 7.30pm – London Queen Elizabeth Hall - at Massive Attack’s Meltdown South Bank Centre, London, SE1 8XX Tickets £18.50 (rear stalls) and £22.50 (front stalls) (0871 663 2500) To get tickets in advance of the general on-sale date of 25th April and claim a 5% discount you need to call the above number and quote 'Fan offer'. This offer is for phone and in person sales only.
Sun 15th June 7.30pm – London - The Forum, Kentish Town, London, NW5 1JY (supported by Slackbaba) (0844 847 2405)


GONG 2000


Soft Machine Legacy
John Etheridge(gtr), Theo Travis (tnr,sop saxes,flute,loops),Hugh Hopper(bs),John Marshall (drms)

29 Jan - Bonn, Germany - Harmonie club harmonie-bonn.de
31 Jan - Lille, France. - Festival jazz en Nord
26 July Malaga, Spain - Antequara Blues Festival
27 July San Sebastian, Spain - Heineken Jazz Festival
16 Sept (TBC) Belgium - Spirit of 66, Verviers
18 Sept (TBC) Abertillery - Wales
21 Sept (TBC) Wolverhampton - Robin 2
22 Sept - London - Jazz Cafe - Parkway Camden
16 Nov Teignmouth Festival - Devon
18 Dec Leicester (venue tbc)

Other gigs:
  top photo : Theo Travis' Double Talk live at Dean Clough, Halifax 2007. Photo by Victoria Harley
  bottom photo : Soft Machine Legacy live. Coventry. (l-r) John Etheridge, Theo Travis, John Marshall, Hugh Hopper
Double Talk live
Soft Machine Legacy