And_CJC then_AV0 there_EX0 is_VBZ Ask_VVB the_AT0 Ages_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP a_AT0 catalog_NN1 that_DT0 is_VBZ otherwise_AV0 unruly_AJ0 and_CJC difficult_AJ0 to_TO0 navigate_VVI ,_PUN Sharrock_NP0 's_POS final_AJ0 album_NN1 is_VBZ clearly_AV0 the_AT0 mountaintop_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS it_PNP was_VBD released_VVN in_PRP 1991_CRD ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD 50_CRD years_NN2 old_AJ0 ,_PUN five_CRD years_NN2 into_PRP an_AT0 unlikely_AJ0 creative_AJ0 resurgence_NN1 after_PRP a_AT0 decade_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ he_PNP hardly_AV0 worked_VVD at_PRP all_DT0 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD in_PRP the_AT0 best_AJS form_NN1 of_PRF his_DPS life_NN1 ,_PUN playing_VVG with_PRP impossible_AJ0 tenderness_NN1 on_PRP one_CRD tune_NN1 and_CJC unbearable_AJ0 force_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD ._SENT For_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD time_NN1 since_PRP Black_AJ0 Woman_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD leading_VVG an_AT0 ensemble_NN1 of_PRF peers_NN2 and_CJC equals_NN2 —_PUN players_NN2 who_PNQ could_VM0 match_VVI his_DPS intensity_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC also_AV0 exerted_VVD a_AT0 certain_AJ0 solemn_AJ0 gravity_NN1 ,_PUN befitting_VVG his_DPS status_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 master_NN1 ,_PUN that_CJT his_DPS last_ORD few_DT0 albums_NN2 had_VHD missed_VVN :_PUN Pharoah_NP0 Sanders_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 fire-breathing_AJ0 saxophonist_NN1 who_PNQ had_VHD given_VVN Sharrock_NP0 his_DPS first_ORD gigs_NN2 back_AVP in_PRP the_AT0 '_PUQ 60s_CRD ;_PUN Elvin_NP0 Jones_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 John_NP0 Coltrane_NP0 Quartet_NN1 drummer_NN1 whose_DTQ torrential_AJ0 cymbal_NN1 work_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 key_AJ0 early_AJ0 influence_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 guitarist_NN1 's_POS guitar-averse_AJ0 approach_NN1 ;_PUN and_CJC Charnett_NP0 Moffett_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 virtuosic_AJ0 24-year-old_AJ0 double_AJ0 bassist_NN1 who_PNQ understood_VVD when_AVQ to_TO0 carve_VVI space_NN1 for_PRP himself_PNX among_PRP these_DT0 elders_NN2 and_CJC when_AVQ to_TO0 sit_VVI back_AVP ._SENT Three_CRD years_NN2 after_AV0 Ask_VVB the_AT0 Ages_NN2 ,_PUN Sharrock_NP0 died_VVD of_PRF a_AT0 heart_NN1 attack_NN1 ._SENT Viewed_VVN from_PRP one_CRD angle_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 album_NN1 looks_VVZ divinely_AV0 inspired_VVN :_PUN the_AT0 culmination_NN1 of_PRF Sharrock_NP0 's_POS artistry_NN1 ,_PUN reuniting_VVG him_PNP with_PRP towering_AJ0 figures_NN2 from_PRP his_DPS past_NN1 and_CJC offering_VVG a_AT0 chance_NN1 to_TO0 express_VVI the_AT0 sound_NN1 inside_PRP him_PNP once_AV0 and_CJC for_PRP all_DT0 ,_PUN in_PRP a_AT0 dignified_AJ0 final_AJ0 stand_NN1 against_PRP the_AT0 instrument_NN1 he_PNP treated_VVD like_PRP a_AT0 sparring_NN1 partner_NN1 —_PUN the_AT0 instrument_NN1 that_CJT saved_VVD his_DPS life_NN1 —_PUN before_CJS he_PNP put_VVB it_PNP down_AVP and_CJC moved_VVD on_AVP to_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD one_PNI ._SENT From_PRP another_DT0 angle_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP looks_VVZ kind_NN1 of_PRF like_PRP a_AT0 fluke_NN0 ._SENT Sharrock_NP0 and_CJC producer_NN1 Bill_NP0 Laswell_NP0 conceived_VVD of_PRF the_AT0 album_NN1 ,_PUN down_AVP to_PRP its_DPS title_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP a_AT0 single_AJ0 conversation_NN1 at_PRP a_AT0 bar_NN1 in_PRP Berlin_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP intended_VVD to_TO0 make_VVI music_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 put_VVI the_AT0 guitarist_NN1 in_PRP touch_NN1 with_PRP his_DPS own_DT0 history_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP want_VVB to_TO0 reconnect_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 music_NN1 of_PRF John_NP0 Coltrane_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Sharrock_NP0 said_VVD ,_PUN in_PRP Laswell_NP0 's_POS recollection_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ That_DT0 energy_NN1 ,_PUN that_DT0 possession_NN1 ,_PUN that_DT0 power_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP want_VVB to_TO0 get_VVI back_AVP to_PRP that_DT0 level_NN1 ,_PUN that_DT0 quality_NN1 again_AV0 ._SENT Make_VVB something_PNI serious_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 guitarist_NN1 's_POS primary_AJ0 focus_NN1 in_PRP those_DT0 years_NN2 was_VBD the_AT0 Sonny_NP0 Sharrock_NP0 Band_NN1 ,_PUN his_DPS touring_AJ0 group_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 burly_AJ0 rock-oriented_AJ0 outfit_NN1 with_PRP two_CRD hard-hitting_AJ0 drummers_NN2 ._SENT Their_DPS music_NN1 is_VBZ as_AV0 delirious_AJ0 and_CJC uplifting_AJ0 as_CJS a_AT0 carnival_AJ0 ride_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP does_VDZ not_XX0 sound_VVI very_AV0 much_DT0 like_PRP John_NP0 Coltrane_NP0 ,_PUN nor_CJC would_VM0 you_PNP necessarily_AV0 reach_VVB for_PRP "_PUQ serious_AJ0 "_PUQ as_PRP an_AT0 adjective_NN1 to_TO0 describe_VVI it_PNP ._SENT 
