The Necks - Travel (2023)

The Necks
Travel
2023 - Fish of Milk: FOM0020 / Northern Spy Records: NS 158
https://shop.thenecks.com/product/travel-cd (Fish of Milk: The Necks label)
https://shop.thenecks.com/product/travel-2lp
https://www.northernspyrecs.com/product/travel/
https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/travel

* Chris Abrahams: piano, organ
* Lloyd Swanton : bass
* Tony Buck : drums, percussion, guitar

http://www.thenecks.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Necks
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-necks-mn0000475710

Recorded by Tim Whitten at Studios 301,
Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Reviews
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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/travel-mw0003868660

Over 34 years, Australian trio the Necks -- pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams,
drummer/electric guitarist Tony Buck, and bassist Lloyd Swanton -- have forged
a compelling, exploratory, singular musical language. Often categorized as a
"jazz piano trio," they've essentially reinvented the configuration in their
own image with some of the most captivating, yet difficult-to-categorize
instrumental music. Travel follows 2017's Unfolded in offering four side-long
cuts spread across a double LP. This music -- impeccably recorded and mixed by
longtime collaborator Tim Whitten -- documents the trio's recent rehearsal
habit: They start each studio encounter by playing an extended improvisation
for roughly 20 minutes. These recordings are some of those improvs played live
to tape, then appended with minimal post-production edits and overdubs. [...]

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By Ian Lovdahl
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/02/the-necks-travel-northern-spy-2023.html

By Tim Clarke
https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/709982961938939904/the-necks-travel-northern-spy-fish-of-milk

By Richard Williams
https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/the-necks-travel-141949/

By Reed Jackson
https://spectrumculture.com/2023/03/05/the-necks-travel-review/

By Bill Meyer
https://magnetmagazine.com/2023/03/24/essential-new-music-the-necks-travel/

Por Patricio Araujo (es)
https://jmsantandreu.es/the-necks-travel-northern-spy-2023-the-free-jazz-collective/