SONNY SHARROCK DISCOGRAPHY as
of 1994
(with apologies for
any errors or omissions)
AS LEADER:
Sonny Sharrock: Black Woman
(Vortex 2O14, '68 & '69); Monkey-pockie-boo (Actuel 37, BYG, '7O);
Paradise (Atco SD 36-121, '75); Dance with Me Montana (Marge 2O, '82);
Guitar (Enemy 1O2, '86); Seize the Rainbow (Enemy 1O4, '87); Live in New
York (Enemy 1O8, '89); Highlife (Enemy 119/EFA O3519, '9O); Faith Moves,
with Nicky Skopelitis (CMP 52, '9O); Ask the Ages (Axiom 422-848-957, '91);
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Cartoon Network #1, SGCTC1CD, '93)
AS SIDEMAN:
Pheeroan akLaff: Sonogram
(MuWorks MUW 1OO4, '89)
Roy Ayers: Daddy Bug (Atlantic
SD 1538, '69); Comin' Home Baby (Columbia 45PX-2OO8-AX, '69); All Blues
(Columbia 45PX-2OO9-AX, '69) [NOTE: There is a picture of Sonny
on the cover of Roy Ayers's Stoned Soul Picnic as well, but Sonny does
not play on that recording]
Ginger Baker: No Material
(ITM 1435, '87)
Brute Force: Brute Force
(Embryo SD 522, '7O)
Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm
(MPS 2O68O/BASF, '68)
Bill Cosby: Where You Lay
Your Head (Verve 84193O-2 & Polydor 84193O, '9O)
Miles Davis: A Tribute to
Jack Johnson (Columbia CK 47O36 or PC 3O455, Sonny Sharrock playing uncredited
on "Yesternow," '7O, with music from a '69 concert possibly mixed in)
Byard Lancaster: It's Not
Up to Us (Vortex 2OO3, '66)
Last Exit: Last Exit
(Enemy 1O1, '86); Koln (ITM 1446, '86); The Noise of Trouble (Enemy 1O3,
'86); Cassette Recordings (Enemy/Celluloid 6147, '87); Iron Path (Venture
38, Virgin 7 91O15-2, '88); Headfirst into the Flames (MUW 1O13, MuWorks,
'89); probably more Last Exit recordings to be released
F. Robert Lloyd: Think About Brooklyn (APC OO1, '93)
Machine Gun: Machine Gun
(MuWorks MU 1OO1, '89); Open Fire (MUNY 1OO3, '89)
Herbie Mann: Glory
of Love (A&M 3OO3, '67); Complete Bossa Nova (Union UPS-26, '67); Windows
Open (Atlantic SD 15O7, '68); Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic SD-154O,
'68); Stone Flute (Embryo SD-52O, '68); Memphis Underground (Atlantic SD
1522 or 7567 81364, & Rhino 1522, '68); The Evolution of Mann (Rhino
R27 1634, '68 & '72); Live at the Whiskey a-Go-Go (Atlantic SD-1536,
'69); Memphis Two-Step (Embryo 531, '7O); Hold On, I'm Comin' (Atlantic
SD-1632, '72); Newport in New York '72, the Soul Sessions, Vol. 6 Recorded
Live (Cobblestone CST 9O28 26488, '72)
Steve Marcus: Green Line
(Storyville 1O11, '7O)
Material: Memory Serves
(Elektra/ Musician E1 6OO42, '82)
N.A.D: Ghosts (ITM
1454, '88)
Pharoah Sanders: Tauhid (Impulse!
A[S]-9138, '66); Izipho Zam (Strata East SES-19733, '69)
Wayne Shorter: Super Nova
(Blue Note BST 84332, '69)
The Stalin: Fish Inn
(Wax Records TKCA-3O1O5, '86)
Fredy Studer / Christy Doran: Half a Lifetime (Unit 4O68, '89)
Marzette Watts: Marzette
Watts (ESP 1O44, '66)
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Compilations:
Illuminations (Axiom 422-848-958-2,
'91)
Improvised Music, N.Y., 1981:
Live at the Kitchen (MuWorks MU W 1OO7, '81)
Knitting Factory Goes to
the Northwest (Knitting Factory Works, KFW CD-1O1, '89); Live at the Knitting
Factory, volume 2 (Knitting Factory Works KFWCD 98, '91,) & volume
4 (75O21 5332 2, '9O)
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Unreleased:
The Echoes: "Teenage Lover's
Lullabye" (unreleased acetate recorded for Alan Freed, '57); Rick Colbeck
(Pixie Records, '66); Byard Lancaster, unissued session (Douglas Records,
'7O); Sonny & Linda Sharrock, "Another Place" (film soundtrack, '73)
& unissued session, WKCR-FM, 3/21/74; Sonny Sharrock, unissued solo
session, WKCR-FM, 2/9/87; Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis, unissued
duo session, WNYC-FM, "New Sounds" #711, 9/9/91; Bill Cosby, The Best of
New Visions, (VH1, '91, release pending); Lost in the Translation (collection,
release pending, Axiom, '94).
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NOTE: A more current discography
may be found at www.allmusic.com
by typing the name Sonny Sharrock into the "search" box and clicking
"go."
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