Avery Sharpe (born August 23, 1954) is an American jazz double-bassist.
Sharpe began playing piano at age eight and also studied accordion in his youth.
He learned both electric and acoustic bass as a teenager, then studied with Reggie Workman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
He played with Wynton Marsalis and Pat Metheny before joining McCoy Tyner's sextet; from 1984 through 2002 he played with Tyner's trio.
He has also played as a sideman with Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, Ricky Ford, Joe Ford, and others.
As a leader, he has release on Sunnyside Records, and several albums on his own label, JKNM.