Black Woman

by Sonny Sharrock

Black Woman cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Vortex
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 22:40
  • Community rating: 4.83/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Linda Sharrock, Norris Jones, Dave Burrell, Milford Graves

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A raw and uncompromising masterpiece of free jazz. Guitarist Sonny Sharrock treated his instrument like a saxophone, focusing on pure sound, texture, and energy over conventional notes and chords. This is a cathartic and trailblazing document of Black expression.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, guitars, spirituality, unpolished, powerful

Tracklist

  1. Black Woman (5:20)
  2. Peanut (8:25)
  3. Bialero (5:00)
  4. Blind Willy (3:55)

Credits

  • Sonny Sharrock - primary artist, guitar, written-by, arranged by
  • Norris Jones - bass
  • Richard Pierce - bass
  • Haig Adishian - design [album], design
  • Milford Graves - drums
  • David Baker - engineer [recording]
  • David Greene - engineer [recording]
  • Al Brown - lacquer cut by
  • Ray Gibson - photography by, photography
  • Dave Burrell - piano
  • Herbie Mann - producer
  • Ted Daniel - trumpet
  • Linda Sharrock - voice
  • Gary Sharrock - bells
  • Traditional - written-by [french]

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