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James Waples, Mike Majkowski, and Chris Abrahams

Chris Abrahams (born 1961 in New Zealand) is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work.

Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and The Necks. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers.

He has also played with Peter Blakeley and The Resurrection, Silverchair, Jackie Orszaczky and The Godmothers, Mephisto Waltz (with Ed Kuepper), Midnight Oil, The Triffids, The Whitlams, Stephen Cummings, Crow and Gondwanaland, and is an in-demand session musician in Sydney.

Among his other current projects, Chris Abrahams plays in the trio Roil with James Waples on drums and Mike Majkowski on bass.

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Solo discography

  • Piano (Hot HTLP1014, 1985)
  • Walk (Hot HTLP1025, 1986)
  • Glow (Vegetable/Vitamin VEGE001, 2001)
  • Streaming (Vegetable Records VEGE002, 2003)
  • Thrown (Room40 RM409, 2005)
  • The Tender Hook Soundtrack (Vitamin Records, 2008)

Discography with Melanie Oxley

  • Resisting Calm (Spiral Scratch, 1990)
  • Welcome To Violet (Remote/MDS, 1992)
  • Coal (Remote/MDS, 1994)
  • Jerusalem Bay (Remote, 1998)
  • Blood Oranges (Vitamin, 2003)

Other collaborations

  • Pedal (Staubgold STAUBGOLD83, 2008) with Simon James Phillips
  • Oceanic Feeling Like (Room40 RM420, 2008) with Mike Cooper

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