Sharon Freeman
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Ahnee Sharon Freeman is an American jazz musician ( French horn , piano, arrangements ).
Freeman has worked with many greats in jazz: Gil Evans , Frank Foster , Charles Mingus , Don Cherry , Carla Bley , Muhal Richard Abrams , David Murray , Lionel Hampton and, last but not least, Charlie Haden . She is the musical director of his Liberation Music Orchestra and has held these positions for Don Pullen's band and for Beaver Harris ' 360 Musical Experience . Her arrangement of “Monk's Mood” for Hal Willner's concept album “That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk ” was nominated for a Grammy .
Freeman also directed the UJC Big Apple Jazzwomen , a female-only sextet that, in addition to her piano, consisted of Jean Davis (trumpet), Linda Neel (trombone), Erica Lindsay (saxophone), Sarah Hommel (drums) and Melissa Slocum (bass) ) consists. Freeman is also a faculty member at the New York City College of Technology .
literature
- Leslie Gourse , Madame Jazz. Oxford University Press. New York 1995. ISBN 0-19-508696-1
Web links
- Pop / jazz; Sharon Freeman back with holiday Jazz suite by John S. Wilson in New York Times, December 23, 1983
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freeman, Sharon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freeman, Ahnee Sharon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |