- Linda Sharrock
Linda Sharrock (also Lynda Sharrock) (born Linda Chambers,
April 2 ,1947 , inPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania ) is an Americanjazz singer.Sharrock sang in church choirs as a child. Interested in both
folk music andjazz , she studied art while in college and became interested inavant garde music . She performed withPharaoh Sanders in the mid-1960s; late in 1966 she marriedSonny Sharrock and began using the spelling Lynda professionally. She worked with him and Sanders into the early 1970s, as well as withHerbie Mann (1969-70). One of her best-known performances is on the 1969 Sonny Sharrock album "Black Woman", released on Vortex Records. She touredIstanbul in 1973 and recorded withJoe Bonner in 1974. She divorced Sharrock in 1978 and returned to using "Linda", though she kept his surname. She moved toVienna , where she worked withFranz Koglmann , Eric Watson, andWolfgang Puschnig well into the 1990s. She worked with ensembles such as thePat Brothers ,Red Sun , andAM4 in the 1980s, and withHarry 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=10:0xfoxzlhldteReferences
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dzfuxqt5ldfe~T1 Linda Sharrock] at
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*Gary W. Kennedy, "Linda Sharrock". "Grove Jazz" online.
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