Jairus Sharif

Jairus Sharif is a Canadian experimental jazz musician from Calgary, Alberta, whose debut full-length album Water & Tools was released in 2022.

Early life Sharif grew up in Calgary, raised by a single mother and aunt who were immersed in the city's punk rock scene, and got to know his father, a Black Canadian player of the upright bass, only in the final few months of his life.

Career Sharif started in music as a hip hop turntablist and DJ, and later played in garage rock and blues bands before discovering avant-garde jazz through exploration of the samples on some of his favourite early hip hop records.

As of April, 2025, Jairus Sharif has been touring in a new collaboration with the Montréal based composer and musician NPNP(Jackson Darby), with shows in Kelowna and Vancouver, BC.