Monnette Sudler Explained

Monnette Sudler
Birth Name:Monnette Goldman
Birth Date:5 June 1952
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1970s–2022
Label:SteepleChase

Monnette Sudler (June 5, 1952 – August 21, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist from Philadelphia.

Early life and career

Sudler was born Monnette Goldman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Lea Goldman, married Truman W. Sudler in 1957. She grew up in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia.[1]

Her first exposure to jazz was listening to her great-uncle play piano. When she was fifteen, she took lessons on guitar at the Wharton Center in Philadelphia. She could play drums and piano, and she also composed, arranged, sang, and wrote poetry. Early in her career she worked with vibraphonist Khan Jamal in the Sounds of Liberation. In the 1970s she studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston and in the 1980s at Temple University.[2] Time for a Change (1977) was her first album as band leader.[3]

During her career, she worked with Kenny Barron, Hamiet Bluiett, Arthur Blythe, Dameronia, Sonny Fortune, Dave Holland, Freddie Hubbard, Joseph Jarman, Hugh Masekela, Cecil McBee, David Murray, Sunny Murray, Trudy Pitts, Odean Pope, Don Pullen, Sam Rivers, Shirley Scott, Archie Shepp, Leon Thomas, Steve Turre, Cedar Walton, Grover Washington Jr., and Reggie Workman.

Sudler died from blood cancer on August 21, 2022, at the age of 70.[4]

Discography

As leader

As sidewoman

With Khan Jamal

With Sounds of Liberation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chinen . Nate . Monnette Sudler, trailblazing guitarist and Philadelphia jazz luminary, has died at 70 . wrti.org . August 24, 2022 . en.
  2. Book: Yanow. Scott. The Great Jazz Guitarists. 2013. Backbeat. San Francisco. 978-1-61713-023-6. 191.
  3. Web site: Hussey . Allison . Jazz Guitarist Monnette Sudler Dies at 70 . Pitchfork . August 24, 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: DeLuca . Dan . Monnette Sudler, Philly jazz guitar great, has died at 70 . Philadelphia Inquirer . August 23, 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: Monnette Sudler Album Discography AllMusic. AllMusic. August 26, 2017.