Ralph Sharon

Ralph Sharon (born September 17, 1923 in London , † March 31, 2015 in Boulder , Colorado ) was a British - American jazz pianist of modern jazz . He accompanied Chris Connor and Tony Bennett .

Live and act

Ralph Sharon played in London with Pete Chilver , Cab Kaye , Ted Heath , Kenny Baker , Jack Parnell and in 1948 with Ronnie Scott ; he also had his own sextet there. At the end of 1959 he emigrated to the USA, performed as a soloist in New York and from 1955 accompanied the singer Chris Connor and Carmen McRae with his quintet, which also included Herbie Mann , Joe Puma , Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson . From 1957 he was a frequent accompanist for Tony Bennett. Sharon died on March 31, 2015 at the age of 91 in Boulder, Colorado.

Discography (selection)

• The Ralph Sharon Trio Swings Sammy Cahn (DRG, 1994) with Douglas Richeson, Clayton Cameron, Gerry Mulligan
• Kenny Baker: Birth of a Legend '41 -'46 (Hep)
• Chris Connor: Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song (Atlantic, 1957); All About Ronnie (Giants Of Jazz, 1953-60)
• Count Basie & Tony Bennett: Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (Roulette, 1959)
• Tony Bennett with the Ralph Burns Orchestra & the Ralph Sharon Trio: I Wanna be Around (CBS, 1962)
• Ronnie Scott: Boppin 'At Esquire (Indigo, 1948)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
• Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ralph Sharon in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of Ralph Sharon (English)
• Obituary in The Telegraph

Individual evidence

1. ^ Margalit Fox: Ralph Sharon, Jazz Pianist Who Accompanied Tony Bennett, Dies at 91. In: The New York Times, April 7, 2015 (accessed April 8, 2015).