Lloyd Swanton

Lloyd Swanton
Swanton performing with The Necks in Aarhus, Denmark in 2015
Swanton performing with The Necks in Aarhus, Denmark in 2015
Background information
Born
Lloyd Stuart Swanton

(1960-08-14) August 14, 1960 (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenreJazz
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentsDouble bass, bass guitar
Lloyd Swanton 2012

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

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

Biography

In 1987 he co-founded jazz trio The Necks with Chris Abrahams on keyboards and Tony Buck on drums. 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.

Discography

As leader

With The Benders

With The Catholics

With Clarion Fracture Zone

With Bernie McGann

With The Necks

With Alister Spence

As sideman

With Vince Jones

With others

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005"Drive By" (with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck)Most Performed Jazz WorkWon
2006"Chemist" (with Abrahams and Buck)Most Performed Jazz WorkWon
2019 "Body" (with Abrahams and Buck) Song of the Year Shortlisted

References

General

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". Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "2005 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist". Music Feeds. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. Five Mile Press. 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2010 – via National Library of Australia. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)