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''Next'' is the second
album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...
by Australian
improvised music Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous ...
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 ...
, originally released on the Spiral Scratch label in 1990 and later re-released on Fish of Milk. The album differs from most of the trio's releases in that it features 6 tracks, rather than a lone track.


Reception

The '' Sydney Morning Herald'' reviewer described it as "Sublime. Six pieces, all of them beautifully played and perfectly controlled".The Necks website
accessed 13 January 2009.


Track listing

All compositions by The Necks # "Garl's" - 7:19 # "Nice Policeman Nasty Policeman" - 4:54 # "Pele" - 28:31 # "Next" - 9:49 # "Jazz Cancer" - 6:12 # "The World at War" - 16:35


Personnel

* Chris Abrahams
piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
* Lloyd Swantonbass * Tony Buckdrums *Dave Brewer —
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
(track 2) *Michel Rose — pedal steel guitar (track 4) *Timothy Hopkins — alto saxophone,
tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
(track 6) * Mike Bukovsky
trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
(track 6)


References

{{Authority control 1990 albums The Necks albums