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Ask The Ages
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6 tracks, 45:06
Release Date
1 January 1991
Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album released by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 (though posthumously released albums followed). This is made more poignant by the fact that it is generally regarded as being his finest recording, in terms both of the compositions, all of which were Sharrock's own, and of the performance. The playing of all four musicians is of a high order, and this marked something of a return to form for Pharoah Sanders in particular. Ask the Ages is Sonny Sharrock's masterpiece, and sadly it was also the last album he would recor… read more
Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album released by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 (though posthumously released albums follow… read more
Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album released by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 (though posthumously released albums followed). This is made more poignant by th… read more

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1 Play track Promises Kept
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 9:44 11,979 listeners
2 Play track Who Does She Hope To Be?
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 4:41 23,833 listeners
3 Play track Little Rock
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 7:12 10,435 listeners
4 Play track As We Used To Sing
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5 Play track Many Mansions
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6 Play track Once Upon A Time
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Sonny Sharrock (Warren Harding Sharrock; August 27, 1940–May 25, 1994) was an American . He was once married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he sometimes recorded and performed. One of few guitarists in the first wave of in the 1960s, Sharrock was known for his incisive, heavily chorded attack, his bursts of wild feedback, and for his use of saxophone-like lines played loudly on guitar. He had in fact wanted to play tenor saxophone from his youth after hearing John Coltrane play on Miles Davis' album Kind of Blue on the radio at age 19, but his asthm… read more
Sonny Sharrock (Warren Harding Sharrock; August 27, 1940–May 25, 1994) was an American . He was once married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he sometimes recorded and perf… read more
Sonny Sharrock (Warren Harding Sharrock; August 27, 1940–May 25, 1994) was an American . He was once married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he sometimes recorded and performed. One of few guitarists in the first wave… read more

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