- Stuart Scharf
Stuart Scharf (born ca. 1941) (died
November 8 ,2007 ) was an Americancomposer ,guitarist , andphilosopher . Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School. He was good friends with guitaristJay Berliner who was a serious influence on his musical career. In the early 1960s, Scharf was lead guitarist for folk-singer Leon Bibb. He also worked with arranger Walter Raim and folk-singerJudy Collins as well as bassistBill Lee , (Spike Lee 's father). For several years he was partners with Martin Gersten, chief engineer of WNCN, in a recording studio at 18 Jones Street in Greenwich Village. They shared this space withSkip Weshner , a noted folk music broadcaster of the time.Scharf was a prolific studio musician in New York City in the 1960s, playing guitar with such artists as Chad Mitchell, Janis Ian, Al Kooper, and Carly Simon. He also had a producing partnership with
Bob Dorough for many years, and together they produced classic albums bySpanky and Our Gang .External links
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