(L to R): James Waples, Mike Majkowski, Chris Abrahams
Background information
Birth name
Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams
Born
(1961-04-09) 9 April 1961 (age 63) Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Origin
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Jazz
experimental
krautrock
electronic
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
guitar
keyboards
organ
Years active
1980–present
Labels
Hot/Making Waves
Vegetable/Vitamin
Room40
Vegetable/MGM
Member of
The Necks
Musical artist
Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams (born 1961, Oamaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based musician. He is a founding mainstay member of experimental, jazz trio the Necks (1987–present), collaborated with Melanie Oxley as a soul pop duo (1989–2003), and has issued ten solo albums.
1989 Oxley formed a soul pop duo, Melanie Oxley & ChrisAbrahams, with ex-The Sparklers bandmate, Abrahams (by then also a pianist-songwriter for experimental...
Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays ChrisAbrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric...
Australian jazz band from 1980 to 1985. The group's members included ChrisAbrahams on keyboards, Dale Barlow on saxophone, Louis Burdett on drums, Andrew...
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Liddiard recorded and performed live with Jim White of the Dirty Three and ChrisAbrahams of The Necks as Springtime. Liddiard has often been called one of Australia's...
drummer and vocalist Carl Abrahams (1911–2005), Jamaican painter ChrisAbrahams (born 1961), New Zealand jazz pianist Christine Abrahams (1939–1994), Australian...
Baxter; costume designer, Cappi Ireland and composition of the score by ChrisAbrahams from The Necks. The film was financed by the Film Finance Corporation...
(1994) reached #1 The 3Ds 48May 8 Foot Sativa Aaradhna Able Tasmans ChrisAbrahams Richard Adams Adeaze Rudy Adrian Age Pryor The Fan Club Alien Weaponry...
reunited Kuepper with members of the Laughing Clowns and featured pianist ChrisAbrahams of The Necks. Described as Kuepper's most accessible album to date,...
just on loop... They're a really underrated band." The Living End founder Chris Cheney reported that his ensemble listened to "a lot of [Midnight Oil's]...
Trumpet. Lloyd Swanton formed a jazz trio, The Necks, in 1987 with ChrisAbrahams and Tony Buck. Dave Brewer has worked with The Catholics (formed by...
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