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Sonny Sharrock was one of the first American free-jazz guitarists. He played in the '60s and early '70s with Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, Herbie Mann and many other greats. He also recorded three solo LPs at the beginning of the '70s with his wife Linda Sharrock on vocals, before discreetly disappearing from the musical scene. The couple divorced in 1978.
Sharrock came out of retirement in the very early '80s when he met Bill Laswell, who brought him into the Material fold, and later the free-rock-jazz-noise Last Exit quartet (with Ronald Shannon Jackson and Peter Brötzmann) between 1986 and 1990. The '80s and '90s saw him performing and recording in a myriad of free improvisation and noise ensembles, blurring the boundaries between jazz, metal and punk.
Sharrock released many recordings as both solo artist and bandleader between 1986's Guitar and his death in 1994, including the highly acclaimed Ask The Ages on Laswell’s Axiom Records, with Pharoah Sanders again; he also played as a guest on many other records (including Material, Machine Gun, Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelitis, F. Robert Lloyd, etc.).
Born : August 27, 1940 in Ossining, New York.
Died : May 25, 1994 in Ossining, New York.
2014
Trost Records
CD, Album
2007
Musso Music
CDr, Album, Ltd
2003
2000
Collectables, Collectables
CD, Comp
1996
Enemy Records
CD, Comp
1994
1992
1991
1991
1989
1986
1986
1975
1970
1970
1969
Union Records (3)
7"
Not On Label
Cass, Smplr
2013
2011
2005
1996
1991
World's Best Records
CD, Comp
1989
1987
1973
Atlantic
7", Jukebox
1973
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
12xFile, WAV, Album
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
6xFile, MP3, 320
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
8xFile, MP3, 320
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
7xFile, FLAC
2023
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
5xFile, MP3, 320
2023
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
5xFile, MP3, 320
2023
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
6xFile, MP3, 320
2023
ezz-thetics
CD, Comp
2022
ezz-thetics
CD, Comp, RM
2022
Not On Label (El Mantis Self-released)
CDr, Album, Ltd
2021
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
7xFile, WAV, Album, RM
2021
The Infidels
CD, Album
2021
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
8xFile, MP3, 320
2021
2021
2020
Amish Records
12", EP
2020
SteepleChase
CD, Album
2020
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
7xFile, MP3, 320
2019
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
File, WAV, Single, RM
2019
Not On Label
LP
2018
Tiger Bay
LP, Comp, RM, 180
2018
Noël Akchoté Downloads
4xFile, MP3, EP, 320
2018
2017
Noël Akchoté Downloads
22xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2016
Real Gone Music
2xCD, Album
2016
Rune Grammofon, Rune Grammofon
LP, Album + CD, Album
2016
Arfi
CD, Album
2015
Musso Music
CD, Album
2015
Blue Note, Universal Classics & Jazz
11xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp
2015
2015
2014
some real music
CD
2014
Blue Note
2xCD, Comp
2013
Mr Morezon
CD, Album
2013
2012
Rune Grammofon
CD, Comp, Promo
2012
2011
Noël Akchoté Downloads
20xFile, MP3, Album, 256
2011
2010
Voiceprint
CD, Album
2008
Evergreene Music
CD, Album
2007
Musso Music
CDr, Album, Ltd
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
2003
Kissankusi Records
CDr, Album
2003
Tokuma Japan Communications
CD, Comp, RM
2003
2002
CIMP
CD, Album
2002
2001
[adult swim]
CD, Comp, Promo
2001
Collectables
CD, Comp
2001
Collectables
CD, Comp
2001
Collectables
2xCD, Comp
2000
1999
Blue Note
CD, Comp, Pap
1999
1998
1997
1997
1996
SST Records
CD, Album
1996
CMP Records
CD, Comp
1996
SteepleChase
CD, Album
1996
1994
Unit Records (2)
2xCD, Album
1994
1994
1993
SST Records
CD
1993
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