''Open'' is the twelfth
album
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by Australian
improvised music
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trio
The Necks
The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play im ...
, first released on the Fish of Milk label in 2013 in Australia and on the ReR label internationally.
''Open'' is a return to the hour-long ambient improvisation of earlier albums which made The Necks famous.
Track listing
# "Open" - 68:05
:''All compositions by the Necks''
Personnel
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Chris Abrahams —
piano
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,
keyboards
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Lloyd Swanton —
bass
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Tony Buck —
drums,
percussion
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References
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2013 albums
The Necks albums