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Theo Travis (born 7 July 1964 in Birmingham, England〔(The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze. via Oldies.com )〕) is a British saxophonist, flautist〔(Lindsay, Bruce: ''Theo Travis: From Prog to Jazz and Back Again'' at All About Jazz )〕 and clarinetist. Travis received his degree in music from the 〔(UK Jazz )〕 specialising in the works of Shostakovich.〔(Interview in the Vermont Review )〕 He has made eleven solo albums, mostly as a band leader working in the field of jazz, composing and arranging most of the material. However, 2003's , on which he is the sole performer, is an album employing loops which prefigures his later work with . He has made about the same number of albums again credited to himself and one (or occasionally more) other collaborator(s), including and, as half of , . On his albums as band leader, Travis has played with numerous other jazz musicians. These have included, on his 2007 album , guitarist 〔http://www.mikeoutram.com/〕 and organist .〔http://www.pete-whittaker.com/〕 There was no bassist as such on that album: Whittaker's distinctive keyboard style includes playing bass parts with his left hand. also guested on two tracks on this album, one of which he co-wrote with Travis. Owing to other collaborative commitments, Travis did not record another jazz album for eight years. When he did so in 2015, he named his new band Theo Travis' Double Talk after the 2007 album. This new band again included both Outram and Whittaker, with the addition of 〔https://sites.google.com/site/nicfrancegbbo00/home〕 on drums. In 1993, Travis worked alongside bassist on the album - as they would again on that band's 2008 album ''NOW''. It was to prove a fortuitous collaboration. Since 1999, the pair have worked together with varying guest musicians in their band Cipher and collaborated with in both the latter's improvisational three-piece live band Orchestra Futura and his more conventional, seven-piece rock band . Sturt would also serve as Mix engineer on 's 2014 album ''Discretion''. In 2006, Travis joined , a project based on personnel and works of the band , replacing the late reedsman . Since 2008 he has worked with guitarist in the duo , releasing four CDs to date, as well as three live concerts as downloads through DGMLive (two of them also on vinyl through Tonefloat). Travis has also worked extensively with , performing on fifteen of his records and with Wilson mixing six of Travis' releases. Travis appears extensively as featured soloist on Wilson's Grammy nominated album and is part of his touring live band. In 2014, using kickstarter funding, he self-published the book ''Twice Around The World: Steven Wilson Tour Blogs 2012-2013'' which included entries previously published on Travis' Facebook page, here re-edited, and was lavishly illustrated with photographs from that tour. Travis has also worked with , , , Gong, , , , and and . Also will be appearing alongside David Gilmour on his upcoming tour. He is of significance to the genres of jazz, and . ==Awards== Travis' album was voted by a Critics/Readers poll. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theo Travis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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