Lloyd Swanton

Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Swanton performing with the Necks (2015) in Aarhus, Denmark
Lloyd Swanton performing with the Necks (2015) in Aarhus, Denmark
Background information
Birth nameLloyd Stuart Swanton
Born (1960-08-14) August 14, 1960 (age 64)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Double bass, bass guitar
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Lloyd Stuart Swanton (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian jazz double bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.[1]

Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986[2] and co-founded jazz trio The Necks in 1987 with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck.[3]

Biography

In 1987 he co-founded jazz trio The Necks with Chris Abrahams on keyboards and Tony Buck on drums.[4] In 1991 he formed his own group, The Catholics. He has performed solo improvisation concerts on double bass. Swanton has performed with The Benders, Clarion Fracture Zone, Sydney Symphony, Vince Jones, Alpha Centauri Ensemble, the Mighty Reapers, the Seymour Group, Tim Finn, Stephen Cummings and Wendy Matthews. He was also a long-serving member of the Bernie McGann Trio and the Bernie McGann Quartet.

As well as music for his own bands, Swanton has composed several film soundtracks. For many years Swanton hosted the radio show Mixed Marriage on Eastside Radio in Sydney, a weekly program looking at crossings of jazz with other musical styles.[5]

Further information on the jazz trio: Vazesh

Discography

As leader

  • Ambon (Bugle, 2015)

With The Benders

  • E (Hot, 1983)
  • False Laughter (Hot, 1984)
  • Distance (Hot, 1985)

With The Catholics

  • The Catholics (Rufus, 1992)
  • Simple (Rufus, 1994)
  • Life on Earth (Rufus/PolyGram, 1997)
  • Barefoot (Rufus, 1999)
  • Gondola (Rufus, 2006)
  • Village (Bugle, 2007)
  • Inter Vivos (Bugle, 2009)
  • Yonder (Bugle, 2013)

With Clarion Fracture Zone

  • What This Love Can Do (Rufus, 1994)
  • Less Stable Elements (Rufus, 1996)

With Bernie McGann

  • At Long Last (Emanem, 1987)
  • Ugly Beauty (Spiral Scratch, 1991)
  • McGann (Rufus, 1995)
  • Playground (Rufus, 1997)
  • Bundeena (Rufus, 2000)
  • Double Dutch? (Rufus, 2010)
  • Blue for Pablo Too (Rufus, 2005)
  • Live at the Side On (Rufus, 2005)
  • Solar (Rufus, 2009)
  • Wending (Rufus, 2012)

With The Necks

With Alister Spence

  • Flux (Rufus, 2003)
  • Mercury, (Rufus, 2006)
  • Far Flung (Rufus, 2012)
  • Live Alister (Spence Music, 2015)
  • Not Everything but Enough (Alister Spence Music, 2017)

As sideman

With Vince Jones

  • Trustworthy Little Sweethearts (EMI, 1988)
  • Come in Spinner (ABC, 1990)
  • One Day Spent (EMI, 1990)
  • Future Girl (EMI, 1992)

With others

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 "Drive By" (with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck) Most Performed Jazz Work[7] Won
2006 "Chemist" (with Abrahams and Buck) Most Performed Jazz Work[8] Won
2019[9] "Body" (with Abrahams and Buck) Song of the Year Shortlisted

References

General

  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[10] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

  1. ^ "Swanton, Lloyd (Stuart)". Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. jazz.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  2. ^ McFarlane 'Dynamic Hepnotics' entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  3. ^ McFarlane 'Chris Abrahams' entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) NECKS, THE Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Note: he is named Loyd [sic] Swanton here.
  5. ^ EastSide FM show archive
  6. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  7. ^ "2005 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ "2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  9. ^ "APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist". Music Feeds. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ^ Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Retrieved 21 February 2010 – via National Library of Australia. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)