Sonny Sharrock-Black Woman-... '69 FREE JAZZ GUITAR-... NEW LP... REISSUE... 180 GR... 4 Men With Beards... Repressed! "A legendary album produced by Herbie Mann and originally released in 1969 on the Atco subsidiary Vortex. Sonny Sharrock (and his wife Linda) recorded these tracks with a cast of New York...
Sonny Sharrock-Black Woman-
'69 FREE JAZZ GUITAR-
NEW LP
REISSUE
180 GR
4 Men With Beards
Repressed! "A legendary album produced by Herbie Mann and originally released in 1969 on the Atco subsidiary Vortex. Sonny Sharrock (and his wife Linda) recorded these tracks with a cast of New York free jazz all-stars including pianist Dave Burrell, drummer Milford Graves, trumpeter Teddy Daniel, and bassist Norris Jones among the others. A radical album with uncompromising blasts of atonal electric guitar, free-form sonic explorations, eccentric country blues touches and Linda Sharrock's Patty Waters/Yoko Ono-influenced vocals. Featuring the classic 'Portrait Of Linda In Three Colors, All Black'. This reissue contains detailed liner notes by Byron Coley. Audiophile remastering from the original master tapes. 180 gram HQ vinyl. Original artwork. Gatefold sleeve."
Picked by WIRE magazine as one of the 100 records which set the world on fire, 1970s-era Miles Davis guitarist Sonny Shamrock's LP was released in 1969 & produced by Herbie Mann, who loved Sharrock's uncompromising blasts of atonal guitar with Mann's own band. Recorded with N.Y. free jazz musicians Dave Burrell, Norris Jones, Ted Daniel & Milford Graves, the LP features Sonny's with Linda on Yoko Ono-style vocals. There's plenty of soul & gospel influences & a slight pop element counterpoint to Sonny's aggressive guitar & Linda's wails. Originally released on Atlantic Records.
Track listing
1. Black Woman - (with Wayne Henderson)
2. Peanut - (with Wayne Henderson)
3. Bialero - (with Wayne Henderson)
4. Blind Willy - (with Wayne Henderson)
5. Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black - (with Wayne Henderson)
Producer: Herbie Mann
Sonny Sharrock/BLACK WOMAN (1969)/
BLACK WOMAN:
Personnel: Sonny Sharrock (guitar); Linda Sharrock (vocals); Teddy Daniel (trumpet); Dave Burrell (piano); Norris Jones, Richard Pierce (bass); Milford Graves (drums).
Originally released on Vortex (2014).
...BLACK WOMAN is Sharock's finest moment...
The Wire (06/01/2001)
4 stars out of 5 - Afrocentric magic...
Mojo
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