Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Stuart Swanton 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
AmbonWith The BendersE False Laughter Distance
With The CatholicsThe Catholics Simple Life on Earth Barefoot Gondola Village Inter Vivos Yonder
With Clarion Fracture ZoneWhat This Love Can Do Less Stable Elements
With Bernie McGannAt Long Last Ugly Beauty McGann Playground Bundeena Double Dutch? Blue for Pablo Too Live at the Side On Solar Wending
With The NecksSex Next Aquatic Silent Night Piano Bass Drums The Boys Hanging Gardens Aether Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab Drive By Photosynthetic Mosquito/See Through Chemist Townsville Silverwater Mindset Open Vertigo Unfold Body Three Bleed
With Alister SpenceFlux Mercury, Far Flung Live Alister
- ''Not Everything but Enough''
As sideman
With Vince JonesTrustworthy Little Sweethearts Come in Spinner One Day Spent Future GirlWith others
- Diana Anaid, Diana Ah Naid
- Tony Buck, The Shape of Things to Come
- Stephen Cummings, Good Humour
- Dannielle Gaha & Louise Anton, Going for a Song
- Tim Hopkins, Tim Hopkins' Good Heavens!
- Marc Hunter, Night & Day
- Phillip Johnston, Diggin' Bones
- The Last Straw, The Last Straw
- Inga Liljestroem, Elk
- Jimmy Little, Resonate Festival
- Dave MacRae, Southern Roots
- Wendy Matthews, Emigre
- Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams, Welcome to Violet
- Tim Rollinson, Cause + Effect
- Phil Slater, The Thousands
- Ross Wilson, Dark Side of the Man
- Ross Wilson, Go Bongo Go Wild!
- Underworld, Drift Episode 2 Atom
- Wizards of Oz, Soundtrack
- Iannis Xenakis, Alpha Centauri Ensemble, Roger Woodward, Kraanerg
- Julian Curwin, ''Midnight Lullaby''