Avery Sharpe

Avery Sharpe ( born August 23, 1954 in Valdosta, Georgia ) is an American bassist and composer of modern jazz.

Life and work

Sharpe began with eight years playing the piano. He then moved on accordion and on the high school on the electric bass. From 1972 to 1979 he studied economics at the University of Massachusetts, but played next bass in gospel and funk groups. Reggie Workman encouraged him to switch to the double bass. Then he worked with Wynton Marsalis and Pat Metheny. In 1981 he became a member of the band of McCoy Tyner, with whom he appeared more than twenty years in a variety of formations from trio to big band and recorded. He also worked with Art Blakey, Archie Shepp, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard and Ricky Ford addition, he also leads his own groups, about his band " Extended Family", which in 1994 presented a self-titled album, the more albums followed. He is also active as a music educator and producer. As a composer, he composed the soundtrack to An Unremarkable Life (1989 ), but also wrote for the classic Fidelio ensemble and for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. As a companion he was also involved in recordings by Leon Thomas, Yusef Lateef, Steve Grossman and Jeri Brown.

In 1997 he was awarded the Achievement in Jazz Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Disco printing specifications

• Epic Ebony Journey with John Blake
• Family Values ​​(2001)
• Autumn Moonlight (2009) with Allan Gumbs and Winard Harper Onaje

Lexigrafische entries

• Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 2 Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-499-16513-9.