Sonny Sharrock - Who does she hope to be?

[rmfirebird]

There is so much to be admired and studied in this. And, that's coming from a rather jaded lead guitarist. Thank you sincerely for posting this.

[VideoGuitarLessons]

this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Totally blown away by this.

[SenseiSixString]

Next time they have to pick a song to be taken along on a satellite to represent the human race, they better make damn sure that it's this one.

[jackincorpaorted]

Very very good.

[DONDIVA1969]

OK...I was just blown away. Wow.

[chris3312music]

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[AleGatz]

This song is gonna be in my player until i die

[gtristdan]

Excellent..... ... .. . SO good Sonny.. You are missed... but your inspiration lives on!

[janzi]

Well, discovered Sonny few years ago and I must say WHAT A SHAME THAT HE'S NOT WITH US ANYMORE !!! What a guitar player !!! R.I.P. Sonny

[pencert]

You have to be awesome to make such a funky fuzz sound work so well in a jazz ballad.

[illumelittatoxicants]

also one of the best bass solos, delivered by Charnett Moffett!

[illumelittatoxicants]

this album is one of the most sacred things in my musical life. magic-dust sprinkled all over this recording...

[rodjoe2001]

Beautiful and inspiring Sonny's music as ever!

[wingspandesign]

God bless Sonny Sharrock.

[sinichu]

I use to know him in,person I grew up in ossining so I use,to hang with,him wen,i was younger and I moved wen,i was,13 but I,always took wat I learn with me about music and I still dance and now imma a dj and wen I was young I had the ill crush on hiz dawta lolz if she read this I hope you remember me and my bro patrick

[plwizerd]

beautiful, haunting, timeless

[YouCube7]

@jasmynsharrock Your father helped turning my love for music to an obsession. I can't thank him enough

[intr1nzic]

This is one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums of all time. The world is a little darker and colder without the musical genius of Sonny Sharrock. This song is still as hair raising and poignant today as when I first bought the album eighteen years ago.

[Intelligentia100]

Holy shit, I teared up at 1:17 when that guitar came in.... jesus what an amazing guitar player.

[radiopete]

If you like this vibe, you must have a copy of Sonny’s masterpiece “Ask The Ages”.

[sandyshalk]

Very cool! I saw Sonny with Herbie Mann and with his own group in Phila. Ahead of his time to say the least.

Sandy

[mikenayl]

I had forgotten about this disc, which I played on my college station--yay!!

[patshep68]

so beautiful, one of the few guys who could play jazz with a distorted guitar and make it so pretty.... this always makes me think it is the halfway point between john coltrane and carlos santana

[scottybroker]

saw him accompany herbie mann, mongo santamaria and some dude named 'Roger'? Sonny had big fro and was big himself. shook his fro when he played.

(Also i saw Roger at a club singing with a band. He sang, then did a handstand and danced on his hands. Who was this cat?)

[servantroz]

Miss You Always My Cousin My best friend

[Aoishilolz]

This is unbelievable. The ability for the guitar to find my own frequency, it begins a resonation within my being that is nigh impossible to describe.

Great piece.

[d1a1m1i1r]

Sonny is so....good:)

[CH3MIS7RY]

One of the most beautiful guitar ballads ever captured...and a great match with Zappa's "Napkins". Raw emotion both here and there.

[8meatpuppets]

@CH3MIS7RY well said.

[musicajuro]

This is such a beautiful song.

[FreeThought911]

I can't really put into words how this makes me feel. Nexussoul

[breakingthe4thwall]

2 people have no soul.

[BigTymerPimp]

Wow, this just cuts my soul.

[sortajazz]

Such a beautiful tune. Bittersweet.

[Jmp153]

Beautiful

[themythicalbeast]

such an awesome song. cuts to the bone from the first notes.

[AnimusArgentis]

See, now this ain't bad. I just heard something else he did that was like... WTF? Last exit, or some shit.

[MultiGargiulo]

Damn! Sonny was clearly at his peak when he recorded this. He left us way too soon.

[deane1968]

Sonny is soul...beautiful music

[mf1932]

This is so damn good.

[metalcore929]

That is a fantastic melody.

[Scibadi]

I liked this within the first 10 seconds

[SenseiSixString]

Wow... I am in awe... had NO idea music as beautiful as this existed!

[mohomoho1]

The man !!! Check is solo out on a youtube video w. Herbie Mann. Blistering.

[kongress]

This song and this record touch me in a deeper place than any other.  Thank you Sonny, your music will live forever.

[HURMSANFORD]

thank you for posting, this is real music.

[MrWithoutpermission]

my God this is incredible song

[MrWithoutpermission]

I'm a fan of jimi hendrix, evh, steve vai, joe satriani, david gilmoure, but my God this is incredible awesome

[GrandmasterC58]

Why hasn't this been sampled yet?!?! DOOM would do this song some great justice, not saying it's not simply one of the greatest jazz songs ever. This by itself is fantastic.

[jake1960]

Sonny was the most original guitarist I ever heard. A real musician. You could tell it was him playing after just a few notes - no matter what the setting. Loved his work with Miles, with Nicky Skopelitis, with Last Exit - but Ask the Ages just burned from start to finish - one of the ten best jazz albums ever!!!!. He had so much more to give it was a damn shame he left us so early. I just can't get enough of his playing because no-one else is even close.

[markatier]

For us old timmers, this song & Sonny were part of us. Emotional, a place & time in our lives. Thanks for the post, it takes me back.

[jasmynsharrock]

This album was one of my dad's dreams and greatest accomplishments. Thanks for posting and thanks for all the loving comments.

[grwatanabe]

@jasmynsharrock

maybe sonny wrote this while holding you as an infant!

[Sneep29]

@jasmynsharrock

Your father made some great music for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which is how I discovered his great talent. He sounded like a really great guy, coming from the people who worked on the show.

[8meatpuppets]

@jasmynsharrock bought this album as a freshman in college at University of Montana the year it was released. Never stopped thinking that the world was simply a little bit better place due to the creation of this album. It still leaps out of my stereo 20 years later. There is a video on YouTube of your father playing in Prague in 1990 w/Melvin Gibbs on bass, etc. Outrageous. Your dad's playing just kills me and there are many fans who feel the same.

[TimPhelan]

@jasmynsharrock It's a great song Jasmyn! Beautiful. Your dad was amazing! I just shared it on facebook.

[eselsdistel]

@jasmynsharrock The pleasure you might get from our comments will NEVER be halfway close to what we have been experiencing during all these years listening to your father, and especially to this monster of a record, one of the very few that can really stand alongside the great classics from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Trane would be enormously proud of him had he known him. GOD BLESS SONNY SHARROCK AND HIS MUSIC!!!

[Bryce6789]

@jasmynsharrock who do hope 2 b?

[doel4484]

beautiful music! feels like flowing a tears trrough the air...

[Yarbols]

this is amazing. thank you so much for introducing me to Sonny Sharrock. It's beautiful.  Anyone else hear a little "I'm Hurting Inside" in this?

[ennewl]

amazing, just stumbled across this, so glad i found it,

[grwatanabe]

love and joy to sonny

[seanps217]

anyone know the chords for the hook?

[sakalak]

Goddamn. Beautiful. Probably the best jazz record released in the 90s.

[Neidhardt84]

The whole album is such a wonderful trip.

[booksteve]

the photo of Sonny at 2:18 is how i remember him in concert...complete joyful presence..He gave new meaning to the idea of free playing..brilliant...Thanks for posting this so others can hear how great this man is...

[DIRECTORIOLIMA]

What an amazing f%$·ing song!!

[coolymac]

this is my SHIT! Happy New Year folks! R.I.P. SONNY, WE MISS YOU!!!!!!

[JOEFRO2]

Can anyone explain why this hasn't become a standard yet!?!? It's got one of the greatest hooks of all time, for Christ's sake!

[squared29]

This is an amazingly face melting record...so much depth of emotion...this is the realness...Sonny Sharrock may not have gotten the appreciation he deserved but those who did appreciate him were richly rewarded by this amazing musicians gift...rip sonny

[itsbri28]

rest in peace uncle, you were an amazing musician :)

[theledzeppguy]

Beautiful music. It reminds me a bit of Zappa's song "Black Napkins".

[JOEFRO2]

I think it's more like Zoot Allures.

[bubandlisa]

Very Underappreciated,... he was a genius!

[crazyfastfingers]

one of my all time favs

[odh202]

This is mind blowing. Great post.

[tshulse]

Awesome song. This is one of the few Sonny Sharrock songs I like.

[jessoneil47]

I once left my body while listening to this CD. It's so amazing. Elvin Jones and Sonny and Pharaoh just take you to another place. Ask the Ages is one of the great albums of all time.

[crosleyfield1970]

right on! please post once upon a time!

[crosleyfield1970]

i know what you mean! this album is a skull crusher!

[bigtophalloween]

@jessoneil47 Pretty much nailed it. Transcendental musicianship at it's finest.

[coolymac]

R.I.P. Sonny! luv u man...u are so damn wicked on the guitar! thanx for posting this for the world to peep his skillz!!!

[syr1811]

This is just an unbelievably great Sonny Sharrock song. Band ain't too shabby, either. Ha Ha Ha. I can't stop listening to this  . . . hope I wake up tomorrow with this stuck in my head. lol Thanks for this, amalokch, This is just a soul-gripping piece.

[bolillo239]

@syr1811 you will this song has been stuck in my head for years.

[lunasurface]

@syr1811

band aint too shabby? do you know who you are talking about?! ITS ELVIN JONES AND PHAROAH SANDERS! haha

[syr1811]

@lunasurface Yup, I DO know . . . but are you dissing Mr. Moffett . . . ???

LOL

;-)

CHEERS! to Great Jazz & to Sonny's genius . . . may he rest in peace - This music will never die.

[lunasurface]

@syr1811

haha, im afraid I am not familiar with his work. I guess lll have to go check him out