The Catholics

The Catholics
The Catholics
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Jazz
Years active	1991 -

The Catholics are an Australian jazz ensemble led by Lloyd Swanton on acoustic and electric bass guitar, percussion and piano (ex-Dynamic Hepnotics).^[1] Other long-term members include Sandy Evans on tambourine, tenor and soprano saxophones, and James Greening on trombone. They have been nominated for ARIA Awards for Best Jazz Album in 1994 (The Catholics), 1997 (Life on Earth) and 2000 (Barefoot).^[2] Swanton is also a member of a jazz trio, the Necks; Evans was also in Ten Part Invention and has released solo material.

Members

Dave Brewer – electric and acoustic guitar, drums, güiro
Sandy Evans – tenor and soprano saxophone, tambourine
Waldo Fabian – electric bass guitar, percussion
James Greening – trombone
Sammila Sithole – congas, bongos, timbales
Lloyd Swanton – acoustic and electric bass guitar, percussion, piano, shaker, tambourine
Toby Hall – drums, surdo, timbales
Michael Rose – pedal steel guitar, shaker, dobro, mandolin
Fabian Hevia – percussion
Gary Daley –
Hamish Stuart – drums
Jonathan Pease – guitar
Bruce Reid – steel and lap steel guitar

Discography

Title	Details
The Catholics	Released: 1992 Label: Spiral Scratch (0011) Format: CD
Simple	Released: 1994^[3] Label: Rufus Records (RF009) Format: CD
Life on Earth	Released: 1997^[4]^[5] Label: Rufus Records (RF022) Format: CD
Barefoot	Released: 1999 Label: Rufus Records (RF052) Format: CD
Choice	Released: 2000 Label: Rufus Records (RF082) Format: CD Note: Compilation album
Gondala	Released: 2006 Label: Bugle Records (BUG006) Format: CD
Village	Released: 2007 Label: Bugle Records (BUG007) Format: CD
Inter Vivos	Released: 2009 Label: Bugle Records Format: 2× CD (BUG008) Note: live album
Yonder	Released: 2013 Label: Bugle Records (BUG009) Format: CD

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually since 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).^[6]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1994	The Catholics	Best Jazz Album	Nominated
1997	Life On Earth	Best Jazz Album	Nominated
2000	Barefoot	Best Jazz Album	Nominated

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. They won one award in that time.^[7]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result (wins only)
1994	The Catholics	Jazz Group of the Year	Won

References

^ Shand, John (5 December 2016), "The catholics review: Still fizzing after 25 years", Sydney Morning Herald
^ "Search results for 'Catholics'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^ Yanow, Scott, "Simple", allmusic
^ Anderson, Jason, "Life On Earth", allmusic
^ Grey, Hilarie (1 October 1998), "The Catholics: Life on Earth", JazzTimes
^ "ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[1] Shand, John (5 December 2016), "The catholics review: Still fizzing after 25 years", Sydney Morning Herald

[ARIA_Lists-2] "Search results for 'Catholics'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 5 March 2020.

[3] Yanow, Scott, "Simple", allmusic

[4] Anderson, Jason, "Life On Earth", allmusic

[5] Grey, Hilarie (1 October 1998), "The Catholics: Life on Earth", JazzTimes

[6] "ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[7] "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

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