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Frank Swart

Frank Swart was born and raised in Boston. He grew up hearing the big band swing records and classic Broadway show albums that were in his parent’s record collection, along with the music that his sister (who was ten years older) listened to including the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, and Led Zeppelin. He also developed a love for Miles Davis’ 1970s recordings, the spiritual Jazz of John and Alice Coltrane, and the deep soul and blues of Chess and Stax records. After some ungratifying drum lessons, when he was 13, his sister bought him a bass. “I was able to play it immediately, learned some riffs from a guitarist, and was soon practicing eight hours a day.” As a teenager, he worked with rock, blues, and acid funk bands. Very interested in making recordings, Swart rented a recording studio in the basement of a hair salon on the graveyard shift and taught himself how to engineer and produce records.     

Album

Mischief In The Musitorium

Label: Need To Know Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Reflections From The Future; Mr. Coleman; Drowning Man; Satisfreaktion; Indelicate Balance; Funk-ish; Ode To Jeff Beck; Amerika The Brutal; For Lu.

Album

Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures

Label: Need To Know
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Life; The Call; The Refusal; The Meeting; The Crossing; The Test; The Approach; The Ordeal: The Reward; The Road Back; The Resurrection; The Return; Credits.

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The Call

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Label: Need To Know
Released: 2023
Duration: 3:50

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News: Recording

Bassist-Producer Frank Swart Releases 'Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures' Featuring Gary Bartz, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Bill Evans, Warren Wolf And Idris Ackamoor

Bassist-Producer Frank Swart Releases 'Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures' Featuring Gary Bartz, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Bill Evans, Warren Wolf And Idris Ackamoor

In his wide-ranging career, bassist, guitarist, arranger, composer, producer, and engineer Frank Swart has contributed to countless sessions covering a wide range of music, from rock and funk to psychedelic acid jazz. In recent times, under the Funkwrench Blues name, he has created and produced 146 singles (at the time of this writing) that have been ...


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