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  1. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the first wave of free jazz during the 1960s, Sharrock was known for his heavily chorded attack, highly amplified bursts of feedback, and use of aggressive sustain to achieve saxophone-like lines on guitar.

  2. Mar 10, 2017 · Sonny Sharrock was one man, but two guitar players. The first played jazz boxes: a Gibson L-5, a Yamaha clone of an ES-175. The second played that black Les Paul. The first Sonny was lyrical, often a sideman. The second Sonny was a shredder, a star. The timeline of the two Sonnys is simple. Jazz box Sonny was around until 1975.

  3. Apr 10, 1990 · Taking advantage of the overdubbing process, Sharrock accompanies himself in a series of duets that demonstrate the range of his playing, from menacing to tender. The songs are fairly simple; a...

  4. Guitar is a 1986 solo studio album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock. He recorded the album with producer Bill Laswell at RPM Sound Studios in New York City. As the project's sole instrumentalist, Sharrock performed and overdubbed his guitar improvisations onto other sections of a song he had recorded beforehand.

  5. Aug 11, 2022 · Sonny Sharrock is one of jazz guitar’s most singular figures; he was one of the only guitarists in the first wave of free-jazz and one of the only jazz guitarists to use a Marshall JCM800 for loud, overdriven tones.

  6. Aug 30, 2016 · Sonny Sharrock, whose guitar playing harnessed the explosiveness and beauty of a summer thunderstorm, recorded Seize the Rainbow in 1987. By then, he'd been doing just that for more than two decades, using his guitar as a prism to reflect his glorious, Technicolor vision of music and life.

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  8. Jun 25, 2021 · Guitarist Sonny Sharrock plays a brief but unforgettable solo in 'Summer of Soul.' Learn more about this outside-the-box master.

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