Article: Elliott Sharp.(RIFFS: Outsider)(Interview)

"MY LA PAVONI ESPRESSO MACHINE is probably the most important piece of equipment in my studio," asserts New York-based composer Elliott Sharp, and he's only partially kidding. The 55-year-old guitarist, saxophonist, clarinetist, and instrument inventor has a work ethic that would give Donald Trump the heebie-jeebies. His most recent involvements include composing and recording the soundtrack for Spectropia, creating sound installations for the American Museum of Natural History, recording albums with his band Terraplane (featuring Hubert Sumlin) and guitarist Nels Cline, and composing works for the Sirius String Quartet and the Radio-Symphony Frankfurt--all while ...

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