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Sharp, Elliott: Mandocello
Sharp, Elliott:
Mandocello

(zOaR Records -- USA )


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A tour-de-force exposition of the mandocello, acoustic and electronic, an instrument evolving out of the 18th century mandalone into a louder instrument intended to take the bass role in mandolin ensembles, which Sharp demonstrates through strings that ring with powerful resonance as he performs original compositions with references to Derek Bailey, Kinshi Tsuruta, and Harry Partch.

Sharp, Elliott (w / Sally Gates / Toshi Dorji): Ere Guitar
Sharp, Elliott (w / Sally Gates / Toshi Dorji):
Ere Guitar

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Following his 2017 trio album with guitarists Marc Ribot and Mary Halvorson, New York guitarist Elliott Sharp returns to his Manhattan studio with two different guitarists--Bhutan guitarist Tashi Dorji living in Asheville, and New Zealand guitarist living in New York Sally Gates--for ten far-ranging improvisations of inspired technique and creative intent.

Sharp, Elliott: The Collapsed Wave
Sharp, Elliott:
The Collapsed Wave

(zOaR Records -- USA )


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The NY duo of Elliott Sharp and Don McKenzie pay tribute to guitar-oriented instrumental rock as practiced by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock, Miles Daves, &c, music that valued virtuosity and embraceability, with Sharp performing on Strats, Les Pauls, steel guitar, a Vietnamese ghita phim lom on Uchuu, mandola & mandocello and Telecaster.

Sharp, Elliott / Eric Mingus: Songs from a Rogue State
Sharp, Elliott / Eric Mingus:
Songs from a Rogue State

(zOaR Records -- USA )


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Extending their collaborations with this project that blurs rock, experimental and improvised forms in a very Downtown NY way, Elliott Sharp performing on guitars, analog synth & drums machines joins with Eric Mingus on bass and primary vocals, with Doug McKenzie providing drums samples and loops, for a set of insightful, incisive, extraordinary songs.

Sharp, Elliott / Tim Dahl / Weasel Walter: Kompromat
Sharp, Elliott / Tim Dahl / Weasel Walter:
Kompromat

(ugEXPLODE -- USA )


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A scorching studio recording from 2011 recently discovered in the archives from the trio of Elliott Sharp on guitar, Tim Dahl on bass guitar, Weasel Walter on drums, a raging album of free improvisation in the Downtown NY style from three players steeped in expressing instrumental agitation with clarity and conviction - a truly burning power trio!

Sharp, Elliott SysOrk: ReGenerate
Sharp, Elliott SysOrk:
ReGenerate

(zOaR Records -- USA )


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As part of NY composer, guitarist, bassist, saxophonist and electroacoustic artist Elliott Sharp's 70th birthday observation he performed a series of concerts under the moniker "E#@70", initiating the series with this remarkable concert at Roulette, premiering 4 new works performed by his SysOrk ensemble, dedicated to performing Sharp's algorithmic scores, graphic notation and conductions.

Sharp, Elliott: IrRational Music [BOOK]
Sharp, Elliott:
IrRational Music [BOOK]

(TerraNova Press -- USA )


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An insightful look at the history of New York composer, saxophonist and guitarist Elliott Sharp, "Sixteen Pieces in the Shape of a Memoir" as Sharp looks back at his musical influences and approach to playing and composing, with observations on music, art, politics and technology, a fascinating set of essays from a vanguard artist's point of view.

McKenzie II, Donald Sturge Anthony (feat. Elliott Sharp, Bill Laswell and Vernon Reid): Silenced II
McKenzie II, Donald Sturge Anthony (feat. Elliott Sharp, Bill Laswell and Vernon Reid):
Silenced II - Views from the Auction Block

(577 Records -- USA )


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Drummer Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II trades off duos with a set of masterful musicians in the second volume of his "Silenced" project, here with guitarist Elliott Sharp for a complex and inspired dialog; with bassist Bill Laswell for a rich and moody soundscape; and with guitarist Vernon Reid in a piece for McKenzie's daughter; plus one solo drum piece.

Sharp, Elliott: Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]
Sharp, Elliott:
Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]

(Infrequent Seams Records -- USA )


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Elliott Sharp's opera is a visceral meditation about the universal search for a safe neutral place, told through text reflecting moments and situations in cosmic and human history that resonate with current events of great urgency, and through creative sound performed by the vocal group Voxnova Italia, and the instrumental ensemble Musikfabrik.

Various Artists: Sharp, Elliott Presents I Never Metaguitar 5: Solo Guitars For The 21st Century
Various Artists:
Sharp, Elliott Presents I Never Metaguitar 5: Solo Guitars For The 21st Century

(Klanggalerie -- Austria )


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Elliott Sharp's fifth compilation bringing a diverse and global view on modern solo guitar work continues the series on a new record label and with the same exceptional ear for superb musicians, here including Anthony Pirog, David Watson, Liberty Ellman, Matteo Liberatore, Mike Baggetta, Chris Vine, Craig Green, Jerome Harris, Philip L'Epee, Will Bernard, &c.

Sharp, Elliott / Sergio Sorrentino: Spilla'
Sharp, Elliott / Sergio Sorrentino:
Spilla'

(ANTS Records -- Italy )


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'Spilla' means 'to play' in the language of Neapolitan musicians, and playing here are NY guitarist and composer Elliott Sharp and Italian guitarist Sergio Sorrentino, presenting world premier recordings of 4 works recorded live in Vercelli, Italy: two improvisations and two graphic scores performed on electric guitar with incredible technique and passion.

Sharp, Elliott Carbon (feat. Zeena Parkins / Bobby Previte): Transmigration at the Solar Max
Sharp, Elliott Carbon (feat. Zeena Parkins / Bobby Previte):
Transmigration at the Solar Max

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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NY bassist and saxophonist Elliott Sharp's Carbon project in a trio album with electric harpist Zeena Parkins and drummer Bobby Previte for what Sharp describes as "part cosmic turbulence and part roiling soundscape... the musicians building their activities on and against shifting electro-acoustic drones and matrices of rhythm, unisons splitting and refracting."

Sharp, Elliott / Mary Halvorson / Marc Ribot: ERR Guitar
Sharp, Elliott / Mary Halvorson / Marc Ribot:
ERR Guitar

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Elliott Sharp's New York Studio zOaR was the meeting place for three New York guitarists--Sharp himself, Mary Halvorson, and Marc Ribot--who find common ground by blending a variety of approaches to the instrument in 12 excellent and generally succinct collective improvisations, stretching, bending, plucking and inexplicably effecting their guitars.

Sharp, Elliott / Zeena Parkins : >Blackburst<
Sharp, Elliott / Zeena Parkins :
>Blackburst<

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Psycho-Acoustic is guitarist Elliott Sharp and harpist Zeena Parkins, and Blackburst is their first album together under that name (their first album was titled Psycho-Acoustic and simply credited to Sharp and Parkins). As with their f...

Sharp, Elliott Aggregat (Bynum / Greene II / Jones / Altschul): Dialectrical
Sharp, Elliott Aggregat (Bynum / Greene II / Jones / Altschul):
Dialectrical

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Downtown New York multi-reedist mainstay Elliott Sharp in his third Aggregat release, in a quintet with Taylor Ho Bynum on trumpet, Barry Altschul on drums, Terry L. Greene II on trombone, and Brad Jones on bass, pushing elastic limits on the concepts of jazz and free improv.

Sharp, Elliott: Octal Book 3
Sharp, Elliott:
Octal Book 3

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The 3rd volume in NY guitarist Elliott Sharp's "Octal" project, using a Koll 8-string guitar/bass, an electroacoustic hollow-bodied guitar with 2 extra bass strings, presenting unedited improvisations of technical and sonic power.

Sharp, Elliott Aggregat: Quintet
Sharp, Elliott Aggregat:
Quintet

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The 2nd Aggregat album expands the first release's trio of Elliott Sharp (just on reeds this time), Brad Jones (bass) and Ches Smith (drums) into a quintet with Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Terry L. Green (trombone) for an amazing set of free jazz compositions.

Sharp, Elliott: Octal: Book Two
Sharp, Elliott:
Octal: Book Two

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Guitarist Sharp's 2nd volume of his "Octal" project realized on a custom Koll 8-string electroacoustic guitarbass; complex solo work with amazing technique and captivating creativity.

Sharp, Elliott / Fields, Scott: Scharfefelder
Sharp, Elliott / Fields, Scott:
Scharfefelder

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The 3rd Clean Feed Guitar Series brings Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields together for a mixture or conventional notation, graphic notation, and structures for improvisation.

Sharp, Elliott: Octal: Book One (Clean Feed Guitar Series Vol. 2)
Sharp, Elliott:
Octal: Book One (Clean Feed Guitar Series Vol. 2)

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Elliot Sharp takes on his own compositions, playing them on a custom-made electroacoustic guitarbass, a hollow-body guitar with 2 bass strings.

Sharp, Elliott / Charlotte Hug : pi:k
Sharp, Elliott / Charlotte Hug :
pi:k

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


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Studio improvisations on guitar & viola from NYC, and then live improvisations augmented by electronics in Geneva from two unique and impressive improvisers.

Sharp, Elliott: Sharp? Monk? Elliott Sharp Plays the Music of Thelonious Monk
Sharp, Elliott:
Sharp? Monk? Elliott Sharp Plays the Music of Thelonious Monk

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Sharp, Elliott: The Velocity of Hue
Sharp, Elliott:
The Velocity of Hue

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


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Sharp, Elliott Orchestra Carbon: Abstract Repressionism: 1990-99
Sharp, Elliott Orchestra Carbon:
Abstract Repressionism: 1990-99

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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