Coming from one of San Francisco's foremost musical families has given Sharman an edge in San Francisco's jazz scene. Her vocalizing is colored by the varied and eclectic influences of the lively artistic household in which she grew up, in which her jazz guitarist father and vocalist/pianist/composer mother created an atmosphere that attracted musicians, writers and actors from all over. This fertile environment fostered Sharman's unique, poetic style.      
  Sharman's seminal influences include the bebop of Charlie Parker, the Latin jazz of Cal Tjader, the lyrical musings of Bill Evans, the jazz sketches of Miles Davis and Gil Evans, plus the R&B, Reggae and Funk she grew up with on the radio. As a vocalist she was drawn to such diverse artists as Irene Kral, Lucy Reed, Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder. Numbered among her piano influences, in addition to the aforementioned icon Bill Evans, are also Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau.
 As an artist Sharman strives to draw the listener into a world where the music is created on the spot, in front of their eyes. This is to her mind the raison d'etre of the improvisational music we refer to as "jazz".  The music is never stagnant, never "warmed over", but constantly being made "in the moment", whether through the tried and true repertoire of the great Tin Pan Alley composers of the first half of the 20th Century, or bebop or post-bebop vehicles of artists such as Bird or Wayne Shorter, or the songs of geniuses such as Stevie Wonder, George Duke or Ivan Lins. And of course there are her own tunes, at once intelligent, emotional and bespeaking the high musical standard which has always been her signature.
   In addition to being a seasoned professional musician, Sharman is also a sought-after music educator.  She has worked with many aspiring singers through her classes in jazz performance and repertoire at Blue Bear School of American Music, where she has been staff for over ten years.  She is also certified in the Orff Schulwerk method of teaching music to children and has taught pre-school for ten years."