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United States of America
Elliott Sharp
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About Elliott Sharp
Hometown
Cleveland, United States of America
Born
1951
Genre
Jazz
A major figure in New York City's avant-garde community, Elliott Sharp is a composer and instrumentalist whose work runs the gamut from experimental and contemporary classical pieces to blues, noise rock, and electronic music. The bulk and diversity of his recorded catalog defies concise description, but as a composer and instrumentalist, Sharp is unconcerned with melody and instead values dynamics and atmospheres. He uses sounds both ambient and dissonant, organic and electronic, to create tonal landscapes that often speak to chaos and unease. Among his many, many recordings, some of the standouts include 1986's Fractal (featuring compositions for percussion, trombones, and homemade instruments), 1989's Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup (a collection of string quartet pieces), 1994's Terraplane (a blend of blues and avant-garde), 2005's film score Commune, and and 2025's Realism, a collaboration with fellow guitarist Joe Morris.
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