sonny sharrock and kate

[tamar@attunix.att.com (Tamar S Newberger)]

I was reading the Village Voice today (May 29).
Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide includes
the following review:

Sonny Sharrock: Highlife (Enemy Import)

As with classic Pharoah Sanders, Sharrock's
devotion to cacophony turns out to be the obverse
of his devotion to tune - his thematic statements are
respectfully stately, his variations more sonic
than harmonic. So where Ronald Shannon Jackson
is a jazz composer exploring rock color (and
sometimes rhythms), Sharrock has the priorities
of Jimi and Jimmy's genius brother. An atmospheric
Kate Bush tribute that eventually gains momentum
is as arty as this gorgeously straightforward
guitar record gets, and though no one will mistake
the Sanders cover for "Eight Miles High," it's
in the tradition.

The address for Enemy is 11-36 31st Avenue, Long
Island City, NY 11106

Tamar Newberger