Black Woman (album)

Black Woman
Black Woman
Studio album by Sonny Sharrock
Released	1970
Recorded	May 1969; Apostolic Recording Studios and A&R Recording Studio, New York City
Genre	Free jazz
Length	31:20
Label	Vortex; 2014
Producer	Herbie Mann
Sonny Sharrock chronology

Black Woman is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Vortex label.^[2]^[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars.^[1]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Sonny Sharrock except as indicated

"Black Woman" - 5:16
"Peanut" - 9:16
"Bialero" (Traditional) - 4:52
"Blind Willy" - 3:22
"Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black" - 8:34

Personnel[]

Sonny Sharrock - guitar
Dave Burrell - piano
Norris Jones - bass
Milford Graves - drums
Linda Sharrock - voice
Ted Daniel - trumpet (tracks 3-5)
Richard Pierce - bass (tracks 3-5)
Gary Sharrock - bells (track 1)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Jurek, Thom. Black Woman – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
^ Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed July 13, 2015
^ Sonny Sharrock catalog accessed July 13, 2015

[Allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Jurek, Thom. Black Woman – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

[2] Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed July 13, 2015

[3] Sonny Sharrock catalog accessed July 13, 2015

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	High Won-High Two (1968) Echo (1969) La Vie de Bohème (released 1969) After Love (1970) In: Sanity (The 360 Degree Music Experience, 1976) Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978) Lush Life (1978) Windward Passages (hatART, 1979) The Jelly Roll Joys (1990) Recital (and Tyrone Brown, 2000) Consequences (2005) Margy Pargy (2005) Momentum (2005)
With David Murray	Hope Scope (1987) Ballads (1988) Deep River (1988) Lovers (1988) Lucky Four (1988) Spirituals (1988) Tenors (1988) Daybreak (Burrell, 1989) Remembrances (1990) Death of a Sideman (1991) In Concert (1991) Picasso (1992) Brother to Brother (1993)
With Archie Shepp	For Losers (1968–69) Kwanza (1968–69) The Way Ahead (1968) Black Gipsy (1969) Blasé (1969) Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969) Pitchin Can (1969–70) Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969) Things Have Got to Change (1971) Attica Blues (1972) The Cry of My People (1972) A Sea of Faces (1975) Body and Soul (1975) Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975) Montreux One (1975) Montreux Two (1975) There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975) U-Jaama (Unite) (1975) Lover Man (1988)
With others	Three for Shepp (Marion Brown, 1966) I Plan to Stay a Believer (William Parker, 2001–08) Essence of Ellington (William Parker, 2012) Epitome (Odean Pope, 1993) Black Woman (Sonny Sharrock, 1969)