Jamshied Sharifi
Jamshied Sharifi (born October 17, 1960) is an American composer and musician. He was born in Topeka, Kansas to an Iranian father and an American mother. At an early age, Sharifi was exposed to Jazz and Middle Eastern music by his father and to European classical and church music by his mother. He began to study classical piano at age five and quickly developed a thirst for musical instruction and a desire to improvise. At age nine he began studying guitar and drums, and at age ten added flute.
Biography
After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in humanities, Sharifi went on to further his musical education at Berklee College of Music in Boston. At Berklee, he studied Jazz Piano and Composition as well as Film Scoring, and in 1983, he received the Outstanding Jazz Pianist award at the Collegiate Jazz Festival held at the University of Notre Dame. He studied with noted trumpeter and Charlie Parker sideman Herb Pomeroy, and after graduation from Berklee, Pomeroy asked Sharifi to lead the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, a post Pomeroy had held for twenty-two years. From 1985–1992, under Sharifi's direction and leadership, the group recorded two CDs, performed twenty of his compositions, and won the prestigious Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in 1991. During this time, Sharifi also taught in the Music Synthesis and Ensemble Departments at Berklee. In 1992, he left his teaching positions in Boston and moved to New York City in search of new musical endeavors and opportunities.
Podcasts:
Jamshied Sharifi
ALBUMS
- Muppets From Space released:
Muppets From Space
- Main Title / The Ark
- Gonzo's Lament
- Singer's Theme
- Through the Stars
- Fanatics for Aliens
- Gonzo on TV
- Muppet Labs
- Piggy and the MIBS
- Singer Turns the Screws
- Rats in Prison
- Rentro
- Muppet Infiltration
- Porcine Wiles
- Rescuing Gonzo
- To the Beach
- The Ships Arrive
- Moment of Glory
- The Really Big Gun
- Gonzo's Goodbye
- Boldly Gone
