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Instruments
  
Genres
  
Role
  
Pianist

Name
  
Ralph Sharon

Years active
  
1940s - 2015


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Born
  
September 17, 1923London, England (
1923-09-17
)

Occupation(s)
  
Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor

Died
  
Albums
  
Modern Innovations On Country & Western Themes

Associated acts
  
Similar People
  
Eddie Costa, Joe Puma, Tony Bennett, Osie Johnson, Count Basie

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Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was an Anglo-American jazz pianist and arranger.

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Biography

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Born in London to an English mother and Latvian born father, he emigrated to the United States in early 1954, becoming a naturalized citizen five years later.

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By 1958, Ralph Sharon was recording with Tony Bennett, the start of a more than 50 year working relationship as Bennett's man behind the music on many Grammy winning studio recordings, and touring with Bennett for many years. He found "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for Bennett, a year after placing it in a bureau and forgetting about it. Sharon discovered the manuscript while packing for a tour that included San Francisco. While Bennett and Sharon liked the song, they were convinced it would only be a local hit. The song became Bennett's signature tune.

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A great jazz pianist in his own right, recording a series of his own albums, Sharon was best known as one of the greatest pianists who backed up singers, including Bennett, Robert Goulet, Chris Connor and many others.

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Retiring to Boulder, Colorado from on-the-road work with Bennett when he reached 80, Ralph Sharon continued to perform in the Denver metropolitan area until shortly before his death. He and the Ralph Sharon Trio performed at various jazz venues, including Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge in Denver, Colorado. He died March 31, 2015.

Solo albums

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  • 1953 Autumn Leaves and Spring Fever
  • 1954 Easy Jazz (As The Ralph Sharon All-Star Sextet)
  • 1956 The Ralph Sharon Trio (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Jazz (With Sue Sharon)
  • 1957 Around the World In Jazz (As The Ralph Sharon Sextet)
  • 1958 2:38 A.M.
  • 1963 Modern Innovations In Country and Western Music
  • 1964 Do I Hear a Waltz? (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1965 The Tony Bennett Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1995 Swings the Sammy Kahn Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1996 Portrait of Harold: The Harold Arlen Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1997 Plays the Harry Warren Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 1999 Plays the Frank Loesser Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 2000 The Magic of Cole Porter (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 2001 The Magic of Jerome Kern (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 2001 The Magic of Irving Berlin (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 2001 The Magic of George Gershwin (As The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  • 2001 Plays the Ralph Blane Songbook (As The Ralph Sharon Quartet)
  • 2007 Always: The Music of Irving Berlin
  • As sideman

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    With Tony Bennett
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  • 1963 I Wanna Be Around
  • 1964 When Lights Are Low
  • 1986 The Art of Excellence
  • 1987 Bennett/Berlin
  • 1989 Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
  • 1992 Perfectly Frank
  • 1993 Steppin' Out
  • 1994 MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett (Live)
  • 1995 Here's To The Ladies
  • 1997 Tony Bennett on Holiday
  • 1998 Tony Bennett: The Playground
  • 1999 Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
  • 2001 Playing with my friends: Bennett Sings The Blues
  • With Johnny Hartman
  • Songs from the Heart (1955)
  • All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1956)
  • References

    Ralph Sharon Wikipedia


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