Birthright
Released: May 24, 2005
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Released: May 24, 2005
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Since the end of the last decade, James Blood Ulmer has been involved in a conscious investigation of the blues as a force for reinvention. On various labels and with a varying group of musicians,...
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No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions
Released: Sep 9, 2003
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Released: Sep 9, 2003
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What a glorious mess this album is. No Escape From the Blues assembles the same team that issued the brilliant and soulful Memphis Blood for a second chapter, assembling in the legendary Electric...
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Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
Released: Sep 4, 2001
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Released: Sep 4, 2001
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Over three days in April 2001, James "Blood" Ulmer and producer/guitarist Vernon Reid (yes, of Living Colour fame) went into the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis and kicked out some of the...
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Blue Blood
Released: Apr 17, 2001
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Released: Apr 17, 2001
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For almost a decade, guitarist James Blood Ulmer has been courting the blues as a deeper shade of black with his trademark harmolodic jazz-funk expressionism. In addition, Ulmer's music has come to...
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Forbidden Blues
Released: Oct 20, 1998
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Released: Oct 20, 1998
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Since the late 1970s, James Blood Ulmer has defined himself as a musical chameleon with a singular sound. His many ensembles range from blues/funk trios to chamber jazz quartets to free jazz...
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Are You Glad to Be in America?
Released: Jan 17, 1980
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Released: Jan 17, 1980
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In 1972, Ornette Coleman took guitarist James Blood Ulmer under his wing and taught Ulmer the principles of harmolodics, a musical system that treats the elements of harmony, rhythm, and melody...
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Tales of Captain Black
Released: Dec 5, 1978
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Released: Dec 5, 1978
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Tales of Captain Black first appeared in 1978 on the Artist House label in America. It was a label set up for the purpose of allowing visionary artists to do exactly what they wanted to do. They...
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