Lloyd Stuart Swanton (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian

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double bassist, bass guitarist, and composer. Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986McFarlan
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entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. and co-founded jazz trio

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in 1987 with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck.McFarlan
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entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

Biography

In 1987 he co-founded jazz trio

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entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Note: he is named Loyd Swanton here. 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,

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. 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.

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

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'' (Fish of Milk, 1998) * '' The Boys'' (Wild Sound/MDS, 1998) * ''

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'' (Fish of Milk, 1999) * '' Aether'' (Fish of Milk, 2001) * '' Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab'' (Fish of Milk, 2002) * '' Drive By'' (Fish of Milk, 2003) * '' Photosynthetic'' (Long Arms, 2003) * '' Mosquito/See Through'' (Fish of Milk, 2004) * ''

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'' (Fish of Milk, 2007) * '' Silverwater'' (Fish of Milk, 2009) * ''

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'' (Northern Spy, 2020) 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

* ''Trustworthy Little Sweethearts'' (EMI, 1988) * ''Come in Spinner'' (ABC, 1990) * ''One Day Spent'' (EMI, 1990) * ''Future Girl'' (EMI, 1992) With others *

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, ''Diana Ah Naid'' (Origin, 1997) * Tony Buck, ''The Shape of Things to Come'' (1989) *

, ''Good Humour'' (Polydor, 1990) * Dannielle Gaha & Louise Anton, ''Going for a Song'' (EastWest, 1997) * Tim Hopkins, ''Tim Hopkins' Good Heavens!'' (Larrikin, 1993) *

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, ''Night & Day'' (ABC, 1990) * Phillip Johnston, ''Diggin' Bones'' (Asynchronous, 2018) * The Last Straw, ''The Last Straw'' (Spiral Scratch, 1990) * Inga Liljestroem, ''Elk'' (Groovescooter, 2004) * Jimmy Little, ''Resonate Festival'' (Mushroom, 2001) *

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, ''Southern Roots'' (Emanem, 1988) *

, ''Emigre'' (rooArt, 1990) *

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& Chris Abrahams, ''Welcome to Violet'' (Remote Music, 1992) * Tim Rollinson, ''Cause + Effect'' (Mercury, 1996) *

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, ''The Thousands'' (Kimnara, 2007) * Ross Wilson, ''Dark Side of the Man'' (WEA, 1989) * Ross Wilson, ''Go Bongo Go Wild!'' (Wild Bongo, 2001) *

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, ''Drift Episode 2 Atom'' (Smith Hyde, 2019) * Wizards of Oz, ''Soundtrack'' (Polygram, 1988) *

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, Alpha Centauri Ensemble,

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, ''Kraanerg'' (Etcetera, 1989) * Julian Curwin, ''Midnight Lullaby'' (Romero Records, 2020)

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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, "Body" (with Abrahams and Buck) , Song of the Year , , -

References

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External links

Swanton, Lloyd (Stuart)
biography at jazz.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Swanton, Lloyd 1960 births APRA Award winners Australian jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Living people Musicians from Sydney Australian jazz composers Male jazz composers 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians Benders musicians The Catholics members The Necks members The Last Straw (band) members Wizards of Oz members Clarion Fracture Zone members