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'''Stuart Scharf''' (1941 – November 8, 2007) was an American [[composer]], [[guitarist]], and [[record producer]].<ref name="ObitPocono">{{cite news |title=Stuart M. Scharf |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/article/20071114/NEWS07/711140310 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |publisher=Pocono Record |date=November 14, 2007}}</ref> |
'''Stuart Scharf''' (1941 – November 8, 2007) was an American [[composer]], [[guitarist]], and [[record producer]].<ref name="ObitPocono">{{cite news |title=Stuart M. Scharf |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/article/20071114/NEWS07/711140310 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |publisher=Pocono Record |date=November 14, 2007}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Scharf grew up in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]] and attended Winthrop Junior High School. |
Scharf grew up in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]] and attended Winthrop Junior High School. A mathematics major in college, he graduated with honors from the [[City College of New York]] in 1962.<ref name="ObitPocono" /> |
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Scharf was a friend of guitarist [[Jay Berliner]], who influenced his career. During the early 1960s, he was the lead guitarist for folk-singer [[Leon Bibb]]. He also worked with arranger Walter Raim and folk-singer [[Judy Collins]] as well as bassist [[Bill Lee (musician)|Bill Lee]] (father of [[Spike Lee]]). |
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For several years, he partnered with Martin Gersten, chief engineer of [[WAXQ|WNCN]], in a recording studio at 18 Jones Street in [[Greenwich Village]]. They shared this space with [[folk music]] broadcaster [[Skip Weshner]]. |
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| ⚫ | Scharf was a prolific [[studio musician]] in New York City |
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| ⚫ | Scharf was a prolific [[studio musician]] in New York City during the 1960s, playing guitar with [[Chad Mitchell]], [[Janis Ian]], [[Al Kooper]], and [[Carly Simon]]. He also had a producing partnership with [[Bob Dorough]] for many years; together, they produced albums by [[Spanky and Our Gang]]. Scharf was the composer of Spanky and Our Gang's hit "[[Like to Get to Know You]]." |
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In 1980, he moved to [[Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania]], where he continued his recording business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/stuart-scharf-1073509070/|title=Remembering the life of Stuart SCHARF 1963 - 2019|website=vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-08-18}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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Stuart Scharf | |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Died | November 8, 2007 |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, composer, guitarist |
Stuart Scharf (1941 – November 8, 2007) was an American composer, guitarist, and record producer.[1]
Biography
Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School. A mathematics major in college, he graduated with honors from the City College of New York in 1962.[1]
Scharf was a friend of guitarist Jay Berliner, who influenced his career. During the early 1960s, he was the lead guitarist for folk-singer Leon Bibb. He also worked with arranger Walter Raim and folk-singer Judy Collins as well as bassist Bill Lee (father of Spike Lee).
For several years, he partnered with Martin Gersten, chief engineer of WNCN, in a recording studio at 18 Jones Street in Greenwich Village. They shared this space with folk music broadcaster Skip Weshner.
Scharf was a prolific studio musician in New York City during the 1960s, playing guitar with Chad Mitchell, Janis Ian, Al Kooper, and Carly Simon. He also had a producing partnership with Bob Dorough for many years; together, they produced albums by Spanky and Our Gang. Scharf was the composer of Spanky and Our Gang's hit "Like to Get to Know You."
In 1980, he moved to Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, where he continued his recording business.[2]
Discography
As sideman
With Charles Earland
- Charles III (Prestige, 1973)
With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding
- Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969)
With Al Kooper
- You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Columbia, 1969)
- Easy Does It (Columbia, 1970)
- Naked Songs (Columbia, 1973)
With Hubert Laws
- The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971)
With Pearls Before Swine
- Beautiful Lies You Could Live In (Reprise, 1971)
With Phil Woods
- Greek Cooking (Impulse!, 1967)
As producer
With Spanky and Our Gang
- Like to Get to Know You (Mercury, 1968)
- "Anything You Choose b/w Without Rhyme or Reason" (Mercury, 1969) wrote 6 songs for this album, including the politically-significant 'Give a Damn', which was adopted as a theme song by the New York Urban Coalition, and by New York Mayor John Lindsay during his 1969 re-election campaign.
Notes
- ^ a b "Stuart M. Scharf". Pocono Record. November 14, 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Remembering the life of Stuart SCHARF 1963 - 2019". vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
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- American jazz composers
- American jazz guitarists
- People from Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- Guitarists from Pennsylvania
- 1941 births
- 2007 deaths
- Plastic Ono Band members
- Guitarists from New York City
- 20th-century American guitarists
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
- American male guitarists
- American male jazz composers
- People from Crown Heights, Brooklyn
- City College of New York alumni
- 20th-century jazz composers
- 20th-century American male musicians