March 31, 2015(2015-03-31) (aged 91) Boulder, Colorado, United States
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1940s - 2015
Musical artist
Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger.[1] He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 388. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. He is best known for working with Tony Bennett...
leanings towards jazz. In 1957, RalphSharon became Bennett's pianist, arranger, and musical director, replacing Wayne. Sharon told Bennett that a career singing...
features Sheryl Lee Ralph and Cedella Marley, appears on the soundtrack. In 2002, the group disbanded after their worldwide tour. Sharon now balances her...
its way to Tony Bennett through RalphSharon, Bennett's longtime accompanist and friends with the composers. Sharon brought the music along when he and...
Some Changes Made" with Tony Bennett on vocals, accompanied by pianist RalphSharon and double bassist Douglas Richeson. That can be found on Phil Collins...
Columbia album Tony Bennett had started working with English jazz pianist RalphSharon and together they devised this percussion influenced treatment and invited...
Two is a 1961 studio album by Tony Bennett, accompanied by the pianist RalphSharon. With Bill Evans, Bennett would make two further albums accompanied by...
on his album Long Ago and Far Away in 1958, and then again with the RalphSharon Trio for the film My Best Friend’s Wedding, released in 1997. The singer...
The Pointer Sisters Positive Force Quando Quango Fonda Rae Sheryl Lee RalphSharon Redd The Ritchie Family Barbara Roy Diana Ross Arthur Russell Sinitta...
10, 1955 Studio Thad Jones Easy Jazz London, 1955 May 27, 1955 Studio RalphSharon Blue Moods Debut, 1955 July 9, 1955 Studio Miles Davis Blame It On My...
Herbie Mann and Sam Most The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet BCP 41 RalphSharonRalphSharon Trio BCP 42 Howard McGhee The Return of Howard McGhee BCP 43 Johnny...
as a sideman in the ensembles of Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Baker, and RalphSharon. Additionally, he was house bassist at Lansdowne Studios. He worked outside...
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March 30 – Preston Ritter, 65, drummer (The Electric Prunes) March 31 – RalphSharon, 91, pianist, composer, and conductor April 1 – Billy Butler, 69, soul...
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barbershop quartet. The orchestra director, RalphSharon, made an arrangement of Melody's "Only You". Sharon wrote an arrangement of "Walk On By" for the...
Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979) 1923 – RalphSharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015) 1923 – Hank...
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957) With RalphSharon Around the World in Jazz (Rama, 1957) With Martial Solal Martial Solal...
Martha and the Vandellas G-902 Gordy Modern Innovations on C&W Themes RalphSharon G-903 Gordy The Great March to Freedom Rev. Martin Luther King G-906...
Joltin' Joe Roland (Savoy, 1955) RalphSharon, Easy Jazz RalphSharon's All-Star Sextet (London, 1955) Sue & RalphSharon, Mr & Mrs Jazz (Bethlehem, 1957)...
first in the RalphSharon Sextet and later in the Roy Fox band. Feldman played with Vic Lewis and Ted Heath. Feldman played with Sharon from late 1949...
Admiration Society 1999 David Murray Quartet Seasons 1999 RalphSharon Quartet RalphSharon Quartet Plays the Frank Loesser Songbook 1999 John Bunch Trio...
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