Lloyd Stuart Swanton (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian jazz double bassist, bass guitarist, and

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. Swanton was a member of

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in 1986McFarlan
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entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. and co-founded jazz trio The Necks in 1987 with

Chris Abrahams Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams (born 1961, Oamaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based musician. He is a founding mainstay member of experimental, jazz trio the Necks (1987–present), he collaborated with Melanie Oxley as ...

and Tony Buck.McFarlan
'Chris Abrahams'
entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

Biography

In 1987 he co-founded jazz trio The Necks with

on keyboards and Tony Buck on drums.Spencer et al, (2007
NECKS, THE
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

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concerts on double bass. Swanton has performed with The Benders,

Clarion Fracture Zone Clarion Fracture Zone may refer to: * Clarion Fracture Zone (band), a jazz ensemble from Australia * Clarion Fracture Zone (geology), a geological feature in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone The Clipperton Fracture Zone, also known as the Clarion-C ...

, Sydney Symphony, Vince Jones,

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, the

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, 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 Eastside Radio (callsign 2RES) is a community radio station based in Paddington, Sydney, and broadcasting to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and the greater Sydney area, where it can be heard as far west as the Blue Mountains. High density broadc ...

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

* ''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 * '' Sex'' (Spiral Scratch, 1989) * '' Next'' (Spiral Scratch, 1990) * '' Aquatic'' (Fish of Milk, 1994) * '' Silent Night'' (Fish of Milk, 1996) * '' Piano Bass Drums'' (Fish of Milk, 1998) * ''

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'' (Wild Sound/MDS, 1998) * '' Hanging Gardens'' (Fish of Milk, 1999) * ''

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'' (Fish of Milk, 2001) * ''

Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab ''Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab'' is the ninth album and second live album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks first released on the Fish of Milk label in 2002 as a 4-CD set. The album features 4 live performances by Chris Abrahams, ...

'' (Fish of Milk, 2002) * ''

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'' (Fish of Milk, 2003) * ''

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'' (Long Arms, 2003) * '' Mosquito/See Through'' (Fish of Milk, 2004) * '' Chemist'' (Fish of Milk, 2006) * '' Townsville'' (Fish of Milk, 2007) * '' Silverwater'' (Fish of Milk, 2009) * '' Mindset'' (Fish of Milk, 2011) * '' Open'' (Northern Spy, 2013) * '' Vertigo'' (Fish of Milk, 2015) * '' Unfold'' (Ideologic Organ, 2017) * '' Body'' (Northern Spy, 2018) * '' Three'' (Northern Spy, 2020) With

Alister Spence Alister Spence is an Australian jazz pianist and composer. Spence leads the Alister Spence Trio with Lloyd Swanton and Toby Hall. They were nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album in 2004 for ''Flux'' and in 2007 for ''Mercury''. Ban ...

* ''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 * Diana Anaid, ''Diana Ah Naid'' (Origin, 1997) * Tony Buck, ''The Shape of Things to Come'' (1989) * Stephen Cummings, ''Good Humour'' (Polydor, 1990) * Dannielle Gaha & Louise Anton, ''Going for a Song'' (EastWest, 1997) *

Tim Hopkins Tim Hopkins, (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is an Australian jazz musician who won the Australian National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in 1993. Career Growing up in Brisbane, Australia, Hopkins had planned a career in graphi ...

, ''Tim Hopkins' Good Heavens!'' (Larrikin, 1993) * Marc Hunter, ''Night & Day'' (ABC, 1990) * Phillip Johnston, ''Diggin' Bones'' (Asynchronous, 2018) *

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, ''The Last Straw'' (Spiral Scratch, 1990) * Inga Liljestroem, ''Elk'' (Groovescooter, 2004) *

Jimmy Little James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his profess ...

, ''Resonate Festival'' (Mushroom, 2001) * Dave MacRae, ''Southern Roots'' (Emanem, 1988) * Wendy Matthews, ''Emigre'' (rooArt, 1990) * Melanie Oxley &

, ''Welcome to Violet'' (Remote Music, 1992) * Tim Rollinson, ''Cause + Effect'' (Mercury, 1996) * Phil Slater, ''The Thousands'' (Kimnara, 2007) * Ross Wilson, ''Dark Side of the Man'' (WEA, 1989) * Ross Wilson, ''Go Bongo Go Wild!'' (Wild Bongo, 2001) * Underworld, ''Drift Episode 2 Atom'' (Smith Hyde, 2019) * Wizards of Oz, ''Soundtrack'' (Polygram, 1988) * Iannis Xenakis, Alpha Centauri Ensemble, Roger Woodward, ''Kraanerg'' (Etcetera, 1989) *

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, ''Midnight Lullaby'' (Romero Records, 2020)

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The

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are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA). , - ,

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, , "

" (with

and Tony Buck) , , Most Performed Jazz Work , , , - ,

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, , " Chemist" (with Abrahams and Buck) , , Most Performed Jazz Work , , , - ,

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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