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At bassist and producer Bill Laswell’s urging, Sharrock came out of retirement to appear on Material's 1981 album Memory Serves. Starting in 1986, Sharrock was a member of Last Exit with Laswell, saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. [1]
Feb 25, 2024 · Was Sonny Sharrock a fish out of water in the Mann band? Was he, in some sense, leaving his own tribe when he signed up with the commercially savvy flute player? Of course, and he often said so in interviews, as you can read above.
- Hank Shteamer
Mar 10, 2017 · The episode titled “Sharrock” is almost nothing but the show’s characters sitting still while Sonny’s music squalls. Thurston Moore was a guest, but he could barely get a word in edgewise. Space Ghost did to that interview what Sonny did to a guitar, and the network aired it on late night.
Aug 30, 2016 · After decades of struggle—even leaving performing and recording to work as a chauffeur and a music therapist for mentally challenged children—Sharrock died just as the world's doors were fully opening for him and his music.
Apr 25, 2021 · In a catalog that is otherwise unruly and difficult to navigate, Sharrock’s final album is clearly the mountaintop. When it was released in 1991, he was 50 years old, five years into an...
- Andy Cush
Aug 31, 2024 · Sharrock overdubbed himself for the solo “Guitar,” (1986), achieving both his most challenging technique and emotional pathos. He then partnered with rock bassist Melvin Gibbs and drummer Pheeroan Aklaff for “Seize the Rainbow,” (1987) that attempted a fusion of heavy metal and fusion jazz.
Aug 31, 2024 · In 1994, guitarist Sonny Sharrock died from a sudden heart attack at age 53, leaving behind a body of cutting-edge jazz guitar compositions and recordings that still sounds ahead of its time.Ask the Ages (1991, Island), Sharrock's last official release, literally was one for the ages, recorded with an amazing quartet which teamed the guitarist ...
