11:37pm Love Nest by James Blood Ulmer from Revealing
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11:11pm Forbidden Blues by James Blood Ulmer from FORBIDDEN BLUES
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10:01pm Are You Glad To Be In America? by James "Blood" Ulmer from Odyssey
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9:35pm Love Dance by James 'Blood' Ulmer from Part Time
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9:06pm Pleasure Control by James "Blood" Ulmer from Free Lancing
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5:02pm Spoonful by James Blood Ulmer from Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
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“Through his fusion of #blues, #freejazz, #funk & Ornette Coleman’s #harmolodic philosophy, he developed a #guitar language that influenced generations of #musicians while earning a reputation as one of the instrument’s most original voices” www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/d... #RIP #JamesBloodUlmer

“We had two kinds of blues: on...
“We had two kinds of blues: one that was forbidden, and one that wasn’t.” James “Blood” Ulmer, guitarist who redefined blues through free jazz and harmolodic theory, dies at 86

From rural South Carolina to Ornette Coleman’s circle, he built a guitar style that defied categorization and influenced generations.

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Don Cherry/Blood Ulmer/Rashied Ali

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Music Revelation Ensemble - Mankind

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Minutemen and James Blood Ulmer (1940-2026) in Palo Alto in 1985

This morning, I was reminded of Minutemen's 1984 double album "Double Nickels on the Dime", which featured such great songs as "#1 Hit Song", "This Ain't No Picnic", and "Jesus and Tequila". I saw them on 14 May 1985 on a quadruple bill at the Keystone Palo Alto, headlined by

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