Ask the Ages

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Ask the Ages
Studio album by Sonny Sharrock
Released	1991
Genre	Jazz Free Jazz Post-bop
Length	45:18
Label	Axiom
Producer(s)	Bill Laswell & Sonny Sharrock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Sonny Sharrock chronology
Highlife (1990)	Ask the Ages (1991)	Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1996)

Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album recorded by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 (though posthumously released albums followed). This is made more poignant by the fact that it is generally regarded as being his finest recording, in terms both of the compositions, all of which were Sharrock's own, and of the performance. The playing of all four musicians is of a high order, and this marked something of a return to form for Pharoah Sanders in particular.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Promises Kept" –9:43
2. "Who Does She Hope to Be?" –4:41
3. "Little Rock" –7:12
4. "As We Used to Sing" –7:45
5. "Many Mansions" –9:31
6. "Once upon a Time" –6:26

(all compositions by Sonny Sharrock)

[edit] Personnel

• Sonny Sharrock — electric guitar
• Pharoah Sanders — tenor & soprano saxophones
• Elvin Jones — drums
• Charnett Moffett — double bass

• Bill Laswell & Sonny Sharrock — producers

[edit] External links

• Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages — article by Trevor MacLaren from All About Jazz.