Sonny Sharrock
American guitarist who brought free jazz's harmonic freedom to the electric guitar, without recourse to distortion as a crutch.
Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994) was an American guitarist who applied free jazz’s harmonic and rhythmic freedom directly to the electric guitar, in his own groups, with Herbie Mann and Pharoah Sanders, and as a member of Last Exit.
Works in the Library
Sonny Sharrock, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell ALBUM 1991
Sonny Sharrock's 1991 album with Pharoah Sanders, Charnett Moffett, and Elvin Jones, produced by Bill Laswell.
INSTRUMENTS
Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson ALBUM 1986
The self-titled 1986 debut of the free-jazz/noise group Last Exit.
