She's Only Fourteen, Dance With Me Montana and Dick Dogs. It was white bassist Bill Laswell, a protagonist of the new wave, who rediscovered him for Material's Memory Serves (1981).ĭance with Me Montana (march 1982), not released until 1986,Ĭontained embryonic versions of his classics Sharrock was trying to emulate both the visceral style of John Coltrane on the saxophone and the dissonant, decadent style of Jimi Hendrixįor six years Sharrock did not make a single record. The background of his guitar playing was fundamentally the blues, but at the same time he erupted a loud, aggressive, feedback-laden, quasi heavy-metal technique. Paradise (july 1975), introducing electronic keyboards in the sound of the couple and emphasizing Linda's Jeanne Lee-like vocal workouts ( Miss Doris, Gary's Step), an avant-funk experiment that predated the new wave of rock music. Monkey-Pockie-Boo (june 1970), possibly his most personal album, crowned by the 17-minute stream of consciousness of 27th Day (mostly on slide whistle instead of guitar) and the nine-minute Monkey-Pockie-Boo
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The influence of free jazz ( Peanut, Portrait of Linda and the first version of his signature tune Blind Willy) ( Copyright © 2006 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)Īfter playing free jazz with Pharoah Sanders (1966-68) while he was playing funk-jazz with Herbie Mann (1969-72), guitarist Warren "Sonny" Sharrock (1940) recorded three albums with his wife Linda Sharrock's wordless vocals:īlack Woman (may 1969), featuring trumpeter Teddy Daniel, pianist Dave Burrell, bassist Norris "Sirone" Jones and drummer Milford Graves, that displayed Sonny Sharrock: biography, discography, review, ratings