Linda Sharrock

Linda Sharrock (also Lynda Sharrock) (born Linda Chambers, April 2, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz singer.

Sharrock sang in church choirs as a child. Interested in both folk music and jazz, she studied art while in college and became interested in avant garde music. She performed with Pharaoh Sanders in the mid-1960s; late in 1966 she married Sonny Sharrock and began using the spelling Lynda professionally. She worked with him and Sanders into the early 1970s, as well as with Herbie Mann (1969-70). One of her best-known performances is on the 1969 Sonny Sharrock album "Black Woman", released on Vortex Records. She toured Istanbul in 1973 and recorded with Joe Bonner in 1974. She divorced Sharrock in 1978 and returned to using "Linda", though she kept his surname. She moved to Vienna, where she worked with Franz Koglmann, Eric Watson, and Wolfgang Puschnig well into the 1990s. She worked with ensembles such as the Pat Brothers, Red Sun, and AM4 in the 1980s, and with Harry Pepl in 1992.

Discography

*cite book| last =Sharrock| first =Sonny| authorlink =Sonny Sharrock| coauthors =| year =1969| title =Black Woman| publisher =Vortex 2014| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfuxqygldje
*cite book| last =Sharrock| first =Sonny| authorlink =Sonny Sharrock| coauthors =| year =1970| title =Monkey-Pockie-Boo| publisher =BYG 37| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvfwxq90ldhe
*cite book| last =Bonner| first =Joe| authorlink =Joe Bonner| coauthors =| year =1974| title =Angel Eyes| publisher =Muse 5114| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzftxqrgldse
*cite book| last =Sharrock| first =Sonny| authorlink =Sonny Sharrock| coauthors =| year =1975| title =Paradise| publisher =Atco SD 36 121| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfuxqygldje
*cite book| last =Am 4| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| year =1989| title =...and She Answered| publisher =ECM 839620| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfuxqw5ldke
*cite book| last =Linda Sharrock & The Three Man Band| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| year =1991| title =Linda Sharrock & The Three Man Band| publisher =Moers Music| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifixqqjldje
*cite book| last =SamulNori| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| year =1993| title =Red Sun| publisher =Polygram Records 841222| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cftxqehldse
*cite book| last =Puschnig| first =Wolfgang| authorlink =Wolfgang Puschnig| coauthors =| year =1995| title =Then Comes the White Tiger| publisher =ECM/BMG 21499| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifixq8hldae
*cite book| last =Various Artists| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| year =1996| title =West End| publisher =Samsung 105| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:anfrxqljld6e
*cite book| last =Linda Sharrock| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =Eric Watson| year =2007| title =Listen to the Night| publisher =Sunnyside Records 283525| url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfoxzlhldte

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dzfuxqt5ldfe~T1 Linda Sharrock] at Allmusic
*Gary W. Kennedy, "Linda Sharrock". "Grove Jazz" online.