James Blood Ulmer

he's so amazing

Just saw him play a solo show in a Harvard Square church last night. I think some of the old-ish audience was a little confused as it was a monthly harmolodic jazz thing Dave Bryant organizes with former Prime Time guys but this was Blood singing a bunch of three minute Skip James-y blues songs. Still, his guitar accompaniment was pure.Odyssey – dirge-y but polytonal, slightly extended and quietly complex as hell. I was pretty fascinated.

Cool. Glad he’s still active

Gave the cd ‘South Delta Space Age’ a spin this morning. 1995 Laswell project with Ulmer that also included Ziggy Mogaliste and Bernie Worrell. It was not a bad listen, kind of like a lot of those Laswell type projects it’s big in groove more than composition. Some of it really sounds like a spacey version of a Booker T and the MGs record. It is really groovy.

Not maybe essential, but worth a listen if interested in the musicians. I will probably check it out again. “Blues March” was the cut that got with me the most in first listen. It was the one that made me think the most of the MGs.

This makes me wish I was still in London

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/james-blood-ulmer-2024/