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"Guitarist Jake Sharp's story-telling style is 
When Southeast Performer magazine wrote these lines in a review of his CD "Brilliant Shadows", Jake was really thankful that the reviewer had heard what was intended. Guitarist, composer and bandleader Jake Sharp started on the instrument in 1987 drawn by classic rock and blues. "I began studying, and was amazed and A close listen to Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk was all it took to place him squarely in the jazz world. Compositional inspiration ranges from Charles Mingus to Bill Frisell to Lennon/Mcartney. Before too long he started writing tunes and thus found the cement he needed to form an identity as a musician. Jake had never given up on his love of more modern, popular sounds and soon began putting it all together along with "world beat" sounds he had been soaking up, giving him an aggressive tone and heavier-than-expected rhythms, solid songwriting and swirly moments of psychedelia. "I basically just realized that there are no
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This accounts for some of the unusual choices in the latest band's cover material; "Beatles, Radiohead, Bjork, and Ray Charles tunes" have all popped up at gigs and on recordings. Most of Jake's experience is in the southeast (he called New Orleans home for a while), and currently records and performs in Atlanta with his own group. It's a core trio that adds members as gig size permits. 'This gives us a spontaneous feel that the audience responds to. One of our favorite things to do is hand out percussion gadgets to the audience and give them space in the song...and 'they really have a blast with it.' Southeast Performer goes on to say; "These guys are in it for the sheer passion of playing great music and this album exemplifies that theory" Before the club opened, Kevin Hollingsworth, owner of Five Spot in Atlanta said; "You guys are exactly what we're looking for" and promptly gave them several prime nights of the first few weeks.
Jake has recently contributed a track to the upcoming film "The Essence of Irwin"-Produced by Tony Copley |