Elliott Sharp

Elliott Sharp

g, *1951 US, Cleveland
Musician / Composer of Jazz and Rock

Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He pioneered the use of personal computers in live performance with his Virtual Stance project of the 1980s. He has used algorithms and fibonacci numbers in experimental composition since the 1970s. He has cited literature as an inspiration for his music and often favors improvisation. He is an inveterate performer, playing mainly guitar, saxophone and bass clarinet. Sharp has led many ensembles over the years, including the blues-oriented

Instruments

Guitar
Saxophone
Soprano sax
Vocals
Steel guitar

Genres

Jazz
Rock
Electronic
Classical
Blues

Popular Tracks

Jungle Birds on What Sebastian Dreamt by Elliott Sharp

El M'Dahi on Jajouka / New York by Bachir Attar & Elliott Sharp

Abri on Dispossession by Various Artists

Wildlife on Ere Guitar by Elliott Sharp, Sally Gates & Tashi Dorji

Klops Lied (Meatball Song) on Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill by Various Artists

Kola Superdeep Borehole on Sakuraza by Jim O'Rourke & Elliott Sharp

Harborage on Dispossession by Various Artists

Seven Seize on Ere Guitar by Elliott Sharp, Sally Gates & Tashi Dorji

Kokytos on Sakuraza by Jim O'Rourke & Elliott Sharp

Boujeloudia on In New York by Bachir Attar & Elliott Sharp

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Expressed By The Circumference	Elliott Sharp, Álvaro Domene, Michael Caratti	2019	Album
Err Guitar	Elliott Sharp with Mary Halvorson and Marc Ribot	2017	Album
Oneirika (Live At Berghain Berlin)	Zeitkratzer + Elliott Sharp	2017	Album
Chansons du Crépuscule	Hélène Breschand & Elliott Sharp	2017	Album
Oceanus Procellarum	Elliott Sharp, Gareth Davis, Ensemble Resonanz	2017	Album
Seek	Maurizio Grandinetti Plays Music By Alex Buess, Elliott Sharp And Junghae Lee	2016	Album
Tranzience	Elliott Sharp	2016	Album
Rub Out The Word	Steve Buscemi & Elliott Sharp	2016	Album
Live At White Cube	Elliott Sharp	2015	Album
Octal: Book Three	Elliott Sharp	2015	Album
Akra-Kampoj	Scott Fields, Elliott Sharp	2015	Album
Momentum Anomaly	Elliott Sharp	2013	Album
Crossing The Waters	Elliott Sharp, Melvin Gibbs, Lucas Niggli	2013	Album
Haptikon	Elliott Sharp	2013	Album
Open The Door	Nels Cline / Elliott Sharp	2012	Album
Hair Bender	Gareth Davis and Elliott Sharp	2011	Single
Ostryepolya	Elliott Sharp / Scott Fields	2011	Album
Canephora	Gareth Davis & Elliott Sharp	2011	Album
Snowplow	Elliott Sharp, Andrea Centazzo	2011	Album
Octal: Book Two	Elliott Sharp	2010	Album
Venice, Dal Vivo	Joey Baron, Bruno Chevillon, Elliott Sharp, Franck Vigroux	2010	Album
Afiadacampos	Elliott Sharp And Scott Fields	2010	Album
Reflexions	Elliott Sharp, Michiyo Yagi	2010	Album
Electric Willie - A Tribute To Willie Dixon	Elliott Sharp, Henry Kaiser, Eric Mingus, Queen Esther, Glenn Phillips, Melvin Gibbs, Lance Carter	2010	Album
Tectonics: Abstraction Distraction	Elliott Sharp	2010	Album
Spectropia Suite	Elliott Sharp With The '31 Band	2010	Album
Protoplasmic	Boris Savoldelli / Elliott Sharp	2009	Album
The Velocity Of Hue. Live In Cologne	Elliott Sharp	2009	Album
Tectonics	Elliott Sharp	2008	Album
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007 - War Zones	Elliott Sharp · Bernhard Lang	2008	Single
Scharfefelder	Elliott Sharp / Scott Fields	2008	Album
String Quartets: 2002 - 2007	Elliott Sharp	2008	Album
Octal: Book One	Elliott Sharp	2008	Album
Base	Antoine Berthiaume / Elliott Sharp	2008	Album
Concert In Dachau	Elliott Sharp	2008	Album
EM/PYRE	Elliott Sharp, Donella Del Monaco, Steve Piccolo	2008	Album
Spring & Neap - RE:ITERATIONS	Elliott Sharp	2007	Compil.
Pi:k	Elliott Sharp & Charlotte Hug	2007	Album
Duo Milano	Nels Cline / Elliott Sharp	2007	Album
Hums 2 Terre	Franck Vigroux / Elliott Sharp	2007	Album
20031024	Elliott Sharp / Thomas Dimuzio	2006	Album
Sharp? Monk? Sharp! Monk!	Elliott Sharp	2006	Album
Feuchtify	Elliott Sharp & Reinhold Friedl	2006	Album
In The Tank	Natsuki Tamura + Elliott Sharp + Takayuki Kato + Satoko Fujii	2005	Album
Volcanic Island	Usui Yasuhiro & Elliott Sharp	2005	Album
Tranz	Elliott Sharp / Merzbow	2005	Album
Commune - Free Land For Free People	Elliott Sharp	2005	Album
A Modicum Of Passion (The OPERA)	Lauri Bortz & Elliott Sharp	2004	Album
Tongue	John Duncan & Elliott Sharp	2004	Album
Raw Meet	Elliott Sharp / Melvin Gibbs / Lance Carter	2004	Album
Radio Hyper-Yahoo	Elliott Sharp	2004	Album
Racing Hearts / Tessalation Row / Calling	Elliott Sharp - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Peter Rundel, Ensemble Modern, Kasper de Roo	2003	Album
String Quartets 1986 – 1996	Elliott Sharp	2003	Album
The Velocity Of Hue	Elliott Sharp	2003	Album
Prisoner's Dilemma	Elliott Sharp / Bobby Previte	2002	Album
Anostalgia	Reinhold Friedl / Elliott Sharp	2002	Album
Suspension Of Disbelief	Elliott Sharp	2001	Album
Beyond	Joey Baron / Elliott Sharp / Roberto Zorzi	2001	Album
Autar	Elliott Sharp with Einad Abu-Kaf and Mohammed Sync	2000	Album
High Noon	Christian Marclay, Elliott Sharp	2000	Album
GTR OBLQ - Guitar Oblique	Vernon Reid, Elliott Sharp, David Torn	2000	Album
Rwong Territory	Elliott Sharp . DJ Soul Slinger	1999	Album
Downtown Lullaby	John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte	1998	Album
ARC 3 Cyberpunk And The Virtual Stance 1984-88	Elliott Sharp	1998	Compil.
Gtr Oblq	Vernon Reid, Elliott Sharp, David Torn	1998	Album
Revenge Of The Stuttering Child	Ronny Someck & Elliott Sharp	1997	Album
Figure Ground	Elliott Sharp	1997	Album
ARC 2: The Seventies 1972-1979	Elliott Sharp	1997	Compil.
Spring & Neap	Elliott Sharp	1997	Album
Improvisations	Frances-Marie Uitti and Elliott Sharp	1997	Album
Xenocodex	Elliott Sharp	1996	Album
>Blackburst<	Elliott Sharp / Zeena Parkins	1996	Album
Sferics	Elliott Sharp	1996	Album
Live In New York	Půlnoc with Elliott Sharp and Gary Lucas	1996	Album
Arc 1 - I/S/M (1980-1983)	Elliott Sharp	1996	Compil.
Boodlers	Boodlers - Elliott Sharp, Fred Chalenor, Henry Franzoni	1995	Album
Chipfarm	Chipfarm = Optical*8 + Melt-Banana + Elliott Sharp + Zeena Parkins	1995	Album
Terraplane	Elliott Sharp	1994	Album
Psycho-Acoustic	Elliott Sharp / Zeena Parkins	1994	Album
'Dyners Club	Elliott Sharp	1994	Album
Shamballa (Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp)	William Hooker, Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp	1993	Album
Westwerk	Elliott Sharp	1992	Album
Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra-Yahoos	Elliott Sharp	1992	Album
K!L!A!V!	Elliott Sharp	1990	Album
In New York	Bachir Attar With Elliott Sharp	1990	Album
Looppool	Elliott Sharp	1988	Album
Tessalation Row	Elliott Sharp / The Soldier String Quartet	1987	Album
In The Land Of The Yahoos	Elliott Sharp	1987	Album
Fractal	Elliott Sharp	1986	Album
Virtual Stance	Elliott Sharp	1986	Album
Carbon	Elliott Sharp	1984	Album
(T)here	Elliott Sharp	1983	Album
Ism	Elliott Sharp	1982	Album
Nots	Elliott Sharp	1982	Album
Escape Clause	Elliott Sharp	1981	Single
Rhythms And Blues	Elliott Sharp	1980	Album
Resonance	Elliott Sharp	1979	Album
Hara	David Fulton / Elliott Sharp	1978	Album

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