Jazz / Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
  A. Mixdorf	Assistant Engineer Bill Sharpe	Producer Don Grusin	Programming, Producer Jeffrey Osborne	Performer Les McCutcheon	Executive Producer Ruri Fujita	Design
  Bill Sharpe's solo debut State of the Heart features more of the smooth jazz that he pioneered in Shakatak. Jeffrey Osborne, Don Grusin, and Brian Bromberg make guest appearances on tracks like "Hypnotique," "Rhythm Dance," and "Brazilian Dawn." ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
 
 
   Bill Sharpe
  Active Decades: '80s and '90s Genre: Jazz Styles: Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
  Along with his duties as a founding member and keyboardist for the British jazz fusion group Shakatak, Bill Sharpe has also maintained a solo career that includes collaborations with friends like Gary Numan and Patsy Meyer. His full-length solo debut arrived in 1999 with State of the Heart.  ---Heather Phares, All Music Guide |