Piano Bass Drums

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Piano Bass Drums
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Live album by
Released1998
RecordedSeptember 25, 1996
VenueThe Basement, Sydney, Australia
Genre Improvised music
Length53:24
Label Fish of Milk
The Necks chronology
Silent Night
(1996)
Piano Bass Drums
(1998)
The Boys
(1998)
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Piano Bass Drums is the fifth album and first live album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks released on the Fish of Milk label in 1998. The album features a single track titled "Unheard", performed by Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck recorded in concert at The Basement in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

Reception

The album was nominated for Jazz album of the Year in the 1998 ABC Classic FM awards. [2] At the APRA Music Awards of 1999 "Unheard" won Most Performed Jazz Work. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by The Necks

  1. "Unheard" - 53:24

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. The Necks website Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 January 2009.
  3. "1999 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2018.