Album Notes

HIGHER GROUND:
S. Pearl Sharp’s second poetry w/jazz CD, she is backed on 14 cuts by pianist Lanny Hartley, bassist Edwin Livingston, guitarist Val Ewell, Derf Reklaw on percussion and flutes, Amos Delone Jr. on saxophone and flute, and drummer Mekala Session. Esteemed sculptor and poet John Outterbridge joins voices with S. Pearl on a poem suite, and singer Johan Beckles and Pacifica radio host ("Rise") Mark Maxwell are also featured. Produced by S. Pearl Sharp and Mark Maxwell.

Fabulous fold-out packaging with session photos!

S. Pearl has four volumes of poetry published, including "Typing In The Dark" and the poetry CD "ON THE SHARP SIDE."
Non-fiction includes "Black Women For Beginners" (distr. Random House), and her essays are heard on NPR. She has performed with vocalist Dwight Trible, bassists Nedra Wheeler, Bob Cunningham and Robert Miguel Miranda, the Nate Morgan Quintet and Judicanti Responsora, among others.

An award winning filmmaker, S. Pearl merged poetry with film in the short "Back Inside Herself" (re-mix currently on YouTube), the feature doc "Life Is A Saxophone" on poet Kamau Daa'ood, and the multi-award winning doc "The Healing Passage/ Voices From The Water." www.aSharpShow.com