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Avery Sharpe, Jazz à la Mode” as a program host
By Daily Hampshire Gazette 10 Nov, 2023
Avery Sharpe, the acclaimed bassist and composer who got his start at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is now on “Jazz à la Mode” as a program host alongside longtime host Tom Reney
Juneteenth Concert For Community with Avery Sharpe Quartet, and Springfield’s Extended Family Choir.
By Af-Am Point of View 05 Jun, 2023
The concert will feature the orchestra performing with many voices from the community, including the Springfield Symphony Chorus, the Avery Sharpe Quartet, and Springfield’s Extended Family Choir.
By By Dave Canton | dcanton 21 Apr, 2023
Hampden County sheriff Nick Cocchi greets jazz musician Avery Sharpe before a special concert at the Correctional Center in Ludlow on Friday, Apr. 21, 2023. (Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican)
Avery Sharpe's 400
By Matt Silver 29 Jun, 2020
[Originally published in June, 2019] Sometimes in music, especially jazz, we call a particularly ambitious new album “a project,” especially when the music is something more, the perfect vehicle to deliver an impactful story. With 400: An African American Musical Portrait, bassist Avery Sharpe hasn’t just released a new album—he’s unveiled a serious project. To say that the whole of 400 is greater than the sum of its parts (which it is) is really saying something, since the component parts are extraordinary. The core group comprises a sextet of heavy-hitters: Philadelphia natives, and brothers, Duane and Kevin Eubanks (trumpet and guitar, respectively), Don Braden (tenor/soprano sax and flute), Ronnie Burrage (drums), and Zaccai Curtis (piano). Most of these guys have been like family to Sharpe for years. You know who else has been like family to Avery Sharpe? His actual family—and they’re on the record, er, project, too! Appearing on four tracks, the Extended Family Choir, constituted in part by Sharpe’s nieces, nephews, and sister, is directed by Sharpe’s brother, Kevin. 
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