Clarence Sharpe
Clarence "C" Sharpe (* 1937 in St. Louis ; † 28. January 1990 in New York City ) was an American jazz - saxophonist .
Live and act
Sharpe grew up in Philadelphia , where he started his career a. a. played with McCoy Tyner , Jimmy Garrison and Philly Joe Jones . First recordings were made in New York City in 1956 with Lee Morgan for Blue Note Records ( Indeed! ). After performing for a few years as a street musician in New York and at jam sessions , he worked on Archie Shepps Impulse album For Losers in 1969 . In 1984 he recorded for Paddlewheel with the drummer Monky Kobayashi and his NY Bebop Band , also with the formation TTT around AR Penck and Frank Wollny . The last session took place in January 1985 under the direction of pianist Freddie Redd for the label Uptown ( Lonely City ). From the late 1960s he taught improvisation in the non-profit organization University of the Streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Peter Watrous, a New York Times critic , described Sharpe as "the missing link between Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman " . Sharpe died of complications from head and neck cancer at the Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island, New York City, at the age of 53 .
Web links
- Clarence Sharpe at Allmusic (English)
- Clarence Sharpe at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sharpe, Clarence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sharpe, Clarence C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1990 |
| Place of death | New York City |