Fred Sharp

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Fred "Freddy" Sharp (born June 24, 1922 , † December 14, 2005 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American jazz musician ( guitar ).

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Sharp grew up in the Cleveland borough of Glenville in the mid-1930s ; He was influenced by a guitar solo by Dick Lurie, which he heard on the radio at home and moved him to become a musician. After his first lessons with Max Fischer, the employee of a music shop, he played with his brother Jackie for the radio station WTAM. For a year he had lessons from Jerry Stone, who introduced him to Django Reinhardt's music . Influenced by this, Sharp performed in the Cleveland area at the age of 16. Two years later he worked in the band of Clint Noble and Jack Horowitz before moving to New York City. Sharp played in the swing bands of Red Norvo and Muggsy Spanier in the 1940s , with whom he also recorded.

When Sherp was playing again in Cleveland, the mother of 15-year-old Jim Hall asked him to give her son guitar lessons. Sharp was able to convince Hall to quit school in addition to guitar lessons. During this time, Sharp played with pianist Hank Kahout and bassist Walter Breeze in Chin's Golden Dragon Restaurant, who alternated with the Art Tatum Trio. There he was given the opportunity to become a member of Adrian Rollini and move back to New York. Recordings were made when the Adrian Rollini Trio (with Sharp and George Nida , double bass) performed at Hickory House. Sharp toured with Rollini for the next five years; also in Red Norvos Bigband. In the 1950s, Sharp returned to Cleveland and played part-time with local bands. In his main job he worked as a radio technician; in addition, he worked as a visual artist and author. As a collector of records by Django Reinhardt, he participated in the discography that Charles Delaunay put together for a Reinhardt biography. After selling his business, Sharp moved to Sarasota, Florida in later years. There he still performed with musicians like Bobby Rosengarden , Bob Haggart , Dick Hyman , Jerry Jerome and Al Klink . His son Todd Sharp is a rock guitarist.

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Individual evidence

  1. Fred Sharp , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed September 30, 2018
  2. a b c Joe Mosbrook: Remembering Fred Sharp. Jazzed in Cleveland, July 27, 2005, accessed August 1, 2018 .
  3. a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 12, 2018)