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Unreleased master — Herbie Mann at the Whisky, 1969
The great Sonny Sharrock died of a heart attack at home alone in Ossining, NY on May 26th, 1994. He was only 53 years old and had suffered heart disease, asthma, and diabetes throughout most of his adult life. It is almost impossible to think of him as sickly, when his performances were so powerful and unstinting. There is a small memorial book about him on the Web at jazznewyork.org/sharrock/SonnySharrock.html. And there is a biography at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Sharrock. Linda Sharrock divorced Sonny in the '70's and went to live in Vienna and is still there today. She had a terrible stroke in 2009 that left her entirely paralyzed on the right side of her body and unable to speak except for a half-dozen words. Nonetheless, she began singing again (or trying to) in 2011 while Henry Grimes was playing "Summertime" for her on his violin at Linda's apartment, accompanied by Halli Gudmundsson on bass, and Henry asked her if she'd like to sing with them. Since then, several new Linda Sharrock recordings have come out in Europe, including "No is No" (2014) and the triple LP release "The Abyssity of the Grounds" (2015). Her singing on these recordings is entirely other-worldly. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/j…— June 19, 2016 6:56 a.m.