◇ image via WikipediaSonny Sharrock
Sonny Sharrock is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Those roots explain a lot about how Sonny Sharrock arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rollins Band, MC5, Herbie Mann, Karate and Charnett Moffett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Sonny Sharrock, reaching back through Pharoah Sanders and forward to Rollins Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock was an American jazz guitarist. His first wife was singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed.
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Sonny Sharrock grew out of Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, went on to shape Rollins Band, MC5, Herbie Mann and Karate. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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