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Alex Ward Item 4: Furthered
by John Sharpe
Is there anyone else who doubles on clarinet and electric guitar? Multi-instrumentalist Eliot Sharp perhaps, but it is an otherwise fairly exclusive arena, one which Alex Ward has occupied since 1989 when he was already performing with Derek Bailey's Company at age 15. While the guitar remains his axe of choice for the rockier end of his activities, he wields both instruments in his free improv encounters and also in forays into jazz and contemporary music adjacent composition.
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