“…playful original songs that mix mind-bending wordplay with jazz, shimmering rock, and horn-fueled R&B.” The New Yorker
The Chandler Travis Philharmonic is an 8 or 9-piece ensemble from Boston and Cape Cod that includes a horn section, string bass, keyboard, mandocello, guitar, drums, accordion, and singing valet.
It’s possible they might very well be the missing link between the Kinks and Sun Ra…
A true musical original, Chandler Travis has had a long and checkered career in the world of show biz, beginning in the seventies.
He’s appeared with Elvis Costello, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, John Cale, Bonnie Raitt, NRBQ (longtime buds Terry Adams and Al Anderson from the ‘Q played on the first Philharmonic album), Charles Mingus, the Beach Boys, Allen Ginsburg, the Replacements, George Carlin (a guest star on two CTP albums, and a traveling companion for decades), Of Montreal, etc.