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	Sonny Sharrock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sharrock began his musical career singing doo wop in his teen years.
		Sharrock was semi-retired for much of the 1970s, undergoing a divorce from wife/occasional collaborator Linda in 1978.
		Sharrock is perhaps best known today for the soundtrack to the Cartoon Network program Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, one of the last projects he completed in the studio before his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonny_Sharrock (379 words)

	Promises Kept, by Jason Chervokas, 1994
		Sonny Sharrock died on May 26 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Ossining, New York, the town where he was born 53 years earlier, August 27, 194O.
		At his best, Sharrock would dig and claw at these themes until he got underneath their surfaces, driving the tunes, himself, and whatever band he was leading past the singsong and into the realm of pure sound, rhythm, and emotion.
		Sonny Sharrock was a visionary who wanted to split the sky the way John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and Albert Ayler had.
	www.joemcphee.com /jny/sharrock/promises.html (1211 words)

	with Sonny Sharrock & Linda Sharrock, hosted by Rich Scheinin, 1973
		Sonny Sharrock: Yeah, Byard: he was one of the first cats I worked with in New York, and [Herbie Mann] heard me or whatever, and I went with the band, you know.
		Sonny Sharrock: The thing that killed me about her singing was that she was, if not the first, one of the few jazz singers who improvise, and I mean, because improvisation is jazz, it's about improvisation, and to bend a few notes or to take liberties with the words.
		Sonny Sharrock: Yeah, he has used vocalists, but I mean in an improvisational sense, you know, he talks to you without words, but he uses sentence structure in the whole thing, and it's a very strange way of playing.
	www.joemcphee.com /jny/sharrock/scheinin.html (5701 words)

	with Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis, hosted by John Schaefer, 1991
		Sonny Sharrock: Yeah, I wrote all the tunes, like, on the way to the studio, a couple of days; I started writing the songs a couple of days before the date.
		Sonny Sharrock: Right, well, yeah, most of 'em are relatively young musicians who, although they've been playing around for quite a while, have yet to, you know, make a major name, I suppose.
		Sonny Sharrock: Dave Snider on keyboards and Abe Speller on drums, Lance Carter on drums, and Charles Baldwin on bass.
	www.joemcphee.com /jny/sharrock/schaefer.html (1433 words)

	Sonny & Linda Sharrock: Paradise: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In my nascent days of free-jazz lapping, it was much easier to hear of Sonny Sharrock than to actually hear him.
		And while the free and furious improvising of Sharrock's past two records could arguably not be called jazz, either, this time around the Sharrocks did away with their own history, as well as that of the genre, letting out something that defiantly remains unclassifiable and as outside of human time as that oft-idealized Paradise itself.
		Sonny Sharrock starts off with a jubilant, almost African guitar tone, but then performs some positively dripping primordial No-Wave slobber in endlessly cascading/ascending guitar lines that slurp and go just far enough out, setting the table for the next 20 years of New York guitarists-- right up to Sonic Youth's shredding on "100%".
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/s/sharrock_sonny/paradise.shtml (712 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Sonny Sharrock
		In fact, Sonny Sharrock, who was one of those, originally wanted to be a tenor saxophonist.
		With Laswell's patronage, Sharrock had ample opportunity to perform and record in the latter half of the 1980s.
		The culmination of this period as leader is the monumental Guitar, overdubbed solo Sharrock produced by Laswell.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=sonny_sharrock (897 words)

	CMT.com : Sonny Sharrock : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of the electric guitar's few proponents in avant-garde jazz, Sonny Sharrock is easily the most influential; he was one of the earliest guitarists to even attempt free
		Sharrock's visceral aggression and monolithic sheets of noise were influenced by the screaming overtones of saxophonists like Coltrane, Sanders, and Ayler, and his experiments with distortion and feedback predated even Jimi Hendrix.
		In 1970, Sharrock turned down an audition with Miles Davis, feeling that his seismic, uncredited solo on A Tribute to Jack Johnson spoke for itself; unfortunately, the result was years of obscurity after he exited Mann's group around 1972.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/sharrock_sonny/bio.jhtml (384 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sonny Sharrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Firefighter with a fire-axe An axe (also spelt as ax) is a tool with a metal blade that is securely fastened at a 90 degree angle to a handle, usually of wood, while a blade fastened horizontally is called an adze.
		That's pretty strange." [2] Bill Laswell (born December 2, 1950 in Detroit) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world.
		One writer described Ask The Ages as "hands down, Sharrock's finest hour, and the ideal album to play for those who claim to hate jazz guitar." [3] Insert non-formatted text here John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 â€“ July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sonny-Sharrock (1038 words)

	Amazon.com: Ask the Ages: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonny Sharrock, it seemed, was just hitting his stride when he recorded what would be his last album, "Ask the Ages".
		Sharrock applies much of the lyricism he explored on "Highlife" to cuts like "Who Does She Hope to Be?" and "Once Upon a Time".
		Sonny, though, is the star; his "mature" style, which coalesced upon his reemergence in the 80's, is a wonder to behold.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000GBH?v=glance (1972 words)

	Vinyl Mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sharrock kicks off the song with an almost delicate Asian-ish riff which is then picked up by Jackson and turned into an almost Irish dirge.
		Sonny Sharrock wrote the theme song to Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and I believe his wife Linda Sharrock provides the vocals.
		Sharrock did work with his wife who was sort of a scat vocalist - I believe that's her singing in the Space Ghost: Coast to Coast theme song.
	vinyljourney.blogspot.com /2005/02/last-exit-noise-of-trouble.html (1673 words)

	The Music Forum - Reviews: Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
		Sharrock's playing showed that one does not need massive distortion or any other gadgetry to achieve the power of emotion, all they need is a guitar, a cranked-up amp and a bucketload of attitude.
		Sharrock was slated to entered the studio to record his first ever major label release.
		Sharrock does not possess the technical prowess like McLaughlin, nor the calm, existential cool of Derek Bailey, but his playing brought out the best and the essence of improvisation: beauty in emotions.
	www.tmfhk.com /reviews/review84.htm (936 words)

	Artistopia Music - Sonny Sharrock Fanfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonny Sharrock by Margaret Davis June, 1994 Strange to say, I can't remember where or when it was that I first found Sonny Sharrock, though knowing him feels eternal.
		Sonny Sharrock tribute project Sonny Sharrock was a musician whose visceral guitar technique never fails to inspire the emotions of the listener, and who pioneered a whole new age for...
		Sonny Sharrock in Ossining Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994) was a jazz guitarist who grew up, lived much of his life and ultimately died in Ossining.
	www.artistopia.com /sonny-sharrock/fans (741 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ask The Ages - Sonny Sharrock at Epinions.com
		The boldest of men generally dare not cross the gates to that place where streams and melodies cross paths, and the beat is all in the mind.
		Sonny Sharrock got his boost into the world of known musicians when he joined Pharoah Sanders’ bee-bop outfit in the mid-sixties.
		Here his leaden attack really shines and one begins to understand why it is called free-jazz as Sonny just plays whatever he feels like playing, be it be, an it out, up in all, through and through, rite to th’ bone, clean and silvery, free planes crossed, by, whipping, horses, in a starlight moonpie.
	www.epinions.com /content_78274399876 (804 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Sonny Sharrock *
		Herbie Mann, Sharrock’s employer at the time, encouraged his various sidemen to record their own records in order to let out any creativity that may not have found an outlet in his own music.
		Says Sharrock, “Not many people talk about the melodicism of that era, but I heard a lot of it.” Unlike much of the fire music of the time, there is surprisingly little unrestrained free blowing on this album.
		Sonny must have had his reasons for including her, and the rest of the record is pristine, so I see no reason in questioning his artistic intent.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2312 (645 words)

	Sweet Butter Fingers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonny, I love the music too...I want to be human too...a poem for the musician in Death!
		And Life must go on, not to miss you Sonny...not to glorify you, not to deify....you must listen to the understanding of your real friends, know how much there was left to give, a quick smile and then serious again, always the music...
		Sonny Sharrock with Pharoah Sanders: Ask the Ages, on Axiom
	music.hyperreal.org /labels/axiom/sonny.html (179 words)

	Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages
		Sharrock (1940-1994) is an interesting piece of the jazz puzzle.
		Sharrock is without a doubt the brightest beacon of early avant-garde jazz guitar.
		Certainly the experimental forays of records by Frisell and Frith carry on ideology that Sharrock brought using the guitar as the weapon of means.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=17594 (1069 words)

	Sonny Sharrock
		Now regarded as one of the most remarkable guitarists in contemporary jazz, Sharrock was a late starter, teaching himself the instrument at the age of 20.
		In 1973 he formed a band with his then wife, Linda Sharrock (Chambers), and made his solo debut in 1986 with LAST EXIT.
		Sharrock died of a heart attack in May 1994.
	www.centrohd.com /bio/allmusic2/bak1.htm (224 words)

	Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine
		onny Sharrock was born in New York in 1940.
		Sharrock explores a different sound world, not only because he improvises in a jazz rather than in a rock context.
		Sharrock had different ideas, as on the track ‘Blind Willy’ (how’s that for a blues reference?), where he is happy enough to extract simple, crystal clear tones from his acoustic guitar, before introducing more compressed notes (?!) notes into the solo.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=568 (501 words)

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		Recordings like the 1991 masterpiece Ask the Ages shed light on his electric free/rock/energy leanings, though Sharrock was already making his first leaps as a leader with Black Woman (Vortex, 1969) and Monkey-Pockie-Boo (BYG, 1970; recently reissued), both unfortunately marred by Linda Sharrock's annoying vocalizations.
		French guitarist Noë�l Akchoté� outdoes Sharrock's relative obscurity by several notches in the not-so-vast netherworld of experimental improvising guitarists, despite his recordings for Winter & Winter, Rectangle, and other labels.
		Sonny II is thoroughly flawed, to the extent it's disjointed and underdeveloped, and to some that might be reason enough for disqualification, but I don't think Noë�l Akchoté--or Sonny Sharrock--would have it any other way.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review_print.php?id=15129 (406 words)

	Sonny Sharrock/The Freedom Sounds Featuring Wayne Henderson \| Black Woman/People Get Ready (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonny Sharrock burst onto the jazz scene in the late sixties with a head full of avant garde ideas and a guitar which sounded like it was strung with barbed wire.
		Experimental in every sense of the word, Sharrock has created an album which slaps you in the face and demands that you listen to it, although parts of it are more a test of endurance rather than a pleasurable listening experience.
		Linda Sharrock is allowed to abrasively bellow, screech, and moan over most of the tracks and the biographical “Portrait of Linda in Three Colors” suggests that she spent most of her life being strangled.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r1100_187.htm (532 words)

	Browse by Artist: SHARROCK, SONNY
		Sonny Sharrock (and his wife Linda) recorded these tracks with a cast of New York free jazz all-stars including pianist Dave Burrell, drummer Milford Graves, trumpeter Teddy Daniel, and bassist Norris Jones among the others.
		Sonny Sharrock was one of the top avant-garde guitarists and his playing was intense and ferocious.
		Originally released on Atlantic/Vortex Records and produced by the great Herbie Mann, Sharrock's uncompromising avant garde jazz guitar stylings literally jump out of the grooves, but there are also soul, gospel, and pop elements that add a nice counterpoint.
	www.forcedexposure.com /artists.../sharrock.sonny.html (396 words)

	the Sonny Sharrock tribute project
		Sonny Sharrock was a musician whose visceral guitar technique never fails to inspire the emotions of the listener, and who pioneered a whole new age for free improvisation and its possibilities on the guitar.
		March 2003 - A note passed along from Nettie Sharrock via Charles Blass has settled the question of who will be receiving the proceeds from this project once it hits the market: The American Heart Association.
		First and foremost, Henry Kaiser has been the most energetic devotee of this project, as the first person to contact us regarding the album and as a major aide to getting in touch with the others who have helped out in some way.
	www.hifimundo.com /sonny.htm (315 words)

	All About Jazz \| Email This Article
		Were it not for Bill Laswell's efforts in the '80s, guitarist Sonny Sharrock probably wouldn't have reached nearly as many ears as he did.
		The solo disc Sonny II is part of “a long process of recordings” that pay tribute to Sonny Sharrock, and to the extent that Akchoté� appreciates the importance of stretching the boundaries, he's got the essence well figured out.
		Almost half are under two minutes, and with the exception of the eight-minute closer, none of the rest persist at any length.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article_email.php?id=15129 (395 words)

	concert dates
		The celebration of the guitarist Sonny Sharrock by the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble - which has redubbed itself "Revolutionary and Electric" for the occasion at Johnny D's on Wednesday - is exceptional on two counts.
		Warren "Sonny" Sharrock (1940-'94) was the rare electric guitarist among the avant-garde of the '60s and an inhabitant of early fusion's outer fringe.
		Alto saxophonist Tony Owens was the group's lyricist, his lines slowing, ripening, and merging with the guitars and George Langford, Jr.'s bowed bass on "D.C." Earl Grant Lawrence, on flute and piccolo, added a gentler top layer to the collage passages that contained the harsher angles in the group's music.
	www.fmrje.com /page5.htm (964 words)

	'Ask the Ages' by Sonny Sharrock from The Portsmouth Chorus.
		This is an incredible album, Sharrock's last before his untimely death and in my opinion showcasing him at the absolute peak of his talents.
		Sharrock trades riffs with Coltrane's old sparring partner Pharoah Sanders, driven on by Coltrane's drummer Elvin Jones, and the riffs just melt and drip off the fretboard in a way that is pure Coltrane transposed to the guitar (and nobody plays guitar anything like Sonny Sharrock - his percussive fluid approach is entirely his own).
		But at the soul of the album is Sharrock's own music, incredibly beautiful, soulful melodies that tear at the heart strings.
	www.theportsmouthchorus.com /music-cd/B000000GBH/Ask-the-Ages.htm (389 words)

	Space Ghost Coast to Coast - No. 2 - Dec. 25
		Sonny Sharrock agreed to provide the theme music for Space Ghost Coast to Coast after listening to producer Keith Crofford's description of the show.
		Horst fondly recalls Sharrock looking up after a particularly blistering take and asking, "Was that too melodic?" The ensuing session not only passed muster for the show's theme song, it also inspired this limited-edition compact disc.
		Sonny Sharrock was drawn to jazz after hearing John Coltrane on Mile Davis' "Kind of Blue." Sharrock determined that he, too, would be a tenor saxophonist, but asthma quelled his dream.
	snard.com /sg/sgctc1.html (1479 words)

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