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* 1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist ( Last Exit ) ( d. 1994 )

Like other styles of jazz, free jazz also adopted elements of contemporary rock, funk and pop music: Ornette Coleman was a leader in this vein, embracing electric music with his 1970s band Prime Time, and a number of other players including James Blood Ulmer, Sonny Sharrock, and Ronald Shannon Jackson forged styles combining elements of free jazz and fusion.

Kramer and Smith were also deeply inspired by Sonny Sharrock, one of the few electric guitarists working in free jazz, and they eventually developed a unique interlocking style that was like little heard before: Kramer's solos often used a heavy, irregular vibrato, while Smith's rhythms contained an uncommon explosive energy, including patterns that conveyed great excitement, as evidenced in " Black to Comm " and many other songs.

This version of Rollins Band had some of the most overt jazz leanings of the band's history: Gibbs had begun his career with the jazz fusion group of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, and worked with Sonny Sharrock on albums like 1987's Seize The Rainbow, which along with Rollins ' obsession with the late ' 60s / early ' 70s era of iconic trumpeter Miles Davis, shaped this version of the band's music.

* Guitarist Sonny Sharrock had a song called " Highlife " on the album of the same name ( 1990 ).

However, as avant-garde jazz was a prime influence on no wave, New York City became the center of a new crop of aggressive improvisors: John Zorn, Borbetomagus, the Lounge Lizards, James Chance, James Blood Ulmer, Sonny Sharrock, Marc Ribot, Diamanda Galás, Bill Laswell ( who also worked on Herbie Hancock's funk and electro recordings ) and Bill Frisell ( who had also recorded with the ECM musicians ) among them.

* Sonny Sharrock – jazz guitarist

Last Exit-with Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson

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The original theme song " Hit Single " was composed by free jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock, performed by Sharrock on guitar, Lance Carter on drums, Eddie Horst on bass, and Alfreda Gerald on vocals.

Morris is perhaps the most significant guitarist to play free jazz since Sonny Sharrock.

Sonny Sharrock frequently performed with the band and appears on the first release, as well as the second, Open Fire.

* 1991: with Sonny Sharrock: Faith Moves ( CMP Records )

* Excerpts from an interview with Sonny Sharrock and Nicky Skopelitis, " New Sounds " # 711, WNYC-FM, 9 / 9 / 91

Their first full album, Memory Serves, which featured strong jazz leanings, had contributions from guitarists Sonny Sharrock and Henry Cow's Fred Frith, cornetist Olu Dara, saxophonist Henry Threadgill and violinist Billy Bang.

Although they often receive credit for the theme song to Space Ghost Coast to Coast, it was actually recorded by Sonny Sharrock.

* Sonny Sharrock – electric guitar