Elliott Sharp

Elliott Sharp ( born March 1, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who is part of the experimental avant-garde scene of New York.

Sharp had from 6 years of piano lessons and played from the age of 8 clarinet in the school orchestra. He studied from 1969 to 1971 at Cornell University, then at Bard College ( BA 1973) and at the University of Buffalo ( MA 1977) physics, composition, ethnomusicology and improvisation, including at Morton Feldman and Roswell Rudd. In addition, Sharp, who in 1968 was changed to the guitar as the main instrument came on with psychedelic bands, but also with avant-garde jazz groups and classical concert ensembles. In 1978 he moved to New York where he played with Bobby Previte, Charles Noyes and Guy Klucevsek and the record label founded Zoar music. Projects with Bill Laswell, Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn, Anthony Coleman, Samm Bennett, Mike Watt and David Linton followed. He formed his band Carbon in 1983 and played with Zeena Parkins, Eric Mingus, Vernon Reid, Joey Baron and David Torn.

In addition, he contributed to recordings by Ned Rothenberg, Wayne Horvitz and Jim Staley. Sharp has developed its own instruments and " energetic " acting compositions for the Soldier String Quartet, the American Composers ' Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra written, with its tendency is clearly to organize musical progressions algorithmically. In addition, he also has theater, ballet and film music composer. The music Sharps is located between genres and neither rock to be characterized as a jazz or contemporary music.

Sharp lives in lower Manhattan with the designer and video artist Janene Higgins and their two children.

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