muzycy: Lance Carter: drums
Curtis Fowlkes: trombone
Alex Harding: baritone sax
David Hofstra: bass
Eric Mingus: vocals
Tracie Morris: vocals
Elliott Sharp: guitars, console steel guitar, tenor sax, National Ticone
Hubert Sumlin: guitar

Editors’ info:
It is not all that long ago, that guitarist, saxophonist and composer, Elliott Sharp, was one of the
protagonists in New York's Downtown Scene, hanging around in such clubs as the Knitting Factory, the
Kitchen or Tonic. The innovation of this biotope, the achievements between Noise and the Postmodern
dominated Jazz and the likes for over two decades. Following 9/11, only few have regained this
language. Elliot Sharp is definitely one of them.
There is hardly another artist who is active in so many areas of music than Sharp. He has written
works for orchestras and string quartets, which have been performed by the Kronos Quartet and the
Soldier String Quartet; with his Band Carbon he redefined the Jazzcore; together with Ned Rothenberg
and Samm Bennett he formed the avant-garde Trio, Semantics; he has improvised with John Zorn, Zeena
Parkins, Christian Marclay, Marc Ribot, Joey Baron, DJ Soulslinger and many others; with his
Tectonics project he brought the triumphs of Techno and Drum 'n' Bass together with experiences in
free improvisation; he has celebrated pure rock power with such bands as the Boodlers, Bootstrappers
or most recently Raw Meat; formed the guitar trio, Guitar Oblique, with Vernon Reid and David Torn;
and his State Of The Union compilations he regularly takes stock of the New York scene - just to
name a few of his activities. In addition to all of these innovative bands and projects Sharp also
occasionally returns to the traditional. His folk-rock band, Mofungo, is legendary. With his band
Terraplane he has been piloting the abyss of the Blues for some years now.
When Elliott Sharp speaks about the Blues, he does not mean translating the Blues into futuristic
corset, regardless of how it is defined. He looks for authenticity, continuity and stability in his
Blues. His son.......
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Editors’ info:
It is not all that long ago, that guitarist, saxophonist and composer, Elliott Sharp, was one of the
protagonists in New York's Downtown Scene, hanging around in such clubs as the Knitting Factory, the
Kitchen or Tonic. The innovation of this biotope, the achievements between Noise and the Postmodern
dominated Jazz and the likes for over two decades. Following 9/11, only few have regained this
language. Elliot Sharp is definitely one of them.
There is hardly another artist who is active in so many areas of music than Sharp. He has written
works for orchestras and string quartets, which have been performed by the Kronos Quartet and the
Soldier String Quartet; with his Band Carbon he redefined the Jazzcore; together with Ned Rothenberg
and Samm Bennett he formed the avant-garde Trio, Semantics; he has improvised with John Zorn, Zeena
Parkins, Christian Marclay, Marc Ribot, Joey Baron, DJ Soulslinger and many others; with his
Tectonics project he brought the triumphs of Techno and Drum 'n' Bass together with experiences in
free improvisation; he has celebrated pure rock power with such bands as the Boodlers, Bootstrappers
or most recently Raw Meat; formed the guitar trio, Guitar Oblique, with Vernon Reid and David Torn;
and his State Of The Union compilations he regularly takes stock of the New York scene - just to
name a few of his activities. In addition to all of these innovative bands and projects Sharp also
occasionally returns to the traditional. His folk-rock band, Mofungo, is legendary. With his band
Terraplane he has been piloting the abyss of the Blues for some years now.
When Elliott Sharp speaks about the Blues, he does not mean translating the Blues into futuristic
corset, regardless of how it is defined. He looks for authenticity, continuity and stability in his
Blues. His son.......
more