James Blood Ulmer ‎– Free Lancing

The highest of Harmolodic High Priests, Blood Ulmer mines the frantic funk of 70’s Ornette Coleman—a tune like Night Lover could have fallen out of Ornette’s gig bag at the session for Captain Black—but works his own soul/blues vein good and hard until all that sifts through is pure Blood.

James Blood Ulmer ‎– Free Lancing
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. "Timeless" - 4:22
2. "Pleasure Control" - 5:00
3. "Night Lover" - 5:22
4. "Where Did All the Girls Come From?" - 4:38
5. "High Time" - 4:00
6. "Hijack" -
7. "Free Lancing" - 4:42
8. "Stand Up to Yourself" - 4:37
9. "Rush Hour" - 5:32
10. "Happy Time" - 5:11

James Blood Ulmer - electric guitar; vocals (#2, 4 & 8)
Amin Ali - electric bass
G. Calvin Weston - drums
Ronnie Drayton - second guitar (#2, 4 & 8)
Diane Wilson, Irene Datcher, Zenobia Konkerite - background vocals (#2, 4 & 8)
David Murray - tenor saxophone (#5, 6 & 9)
Oliver Lake – alto saxophone (#5, 6 & 9)
Olu Dara - trumpet (#5, 6 & 9)

Columbia ‎– ARC 37493, 1981

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James 'Blood' Ulmer ‎– Are You Glad To Be In America?

James 'Blood' Ulmer ‎– Are You Glad To Be In America?
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. "Layout" - 5:02
2. "Pressure" - 3:48
3. "Interview" - 3:06
4. "Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk the Preacher)" - 4:19
5. "See-Through" - 3:50
6. "Time Out" - 5:19
7. "T.V. Blues" - 4:32
8. "Light Eyed" - 3:56
9. "Revelation March" - 3:18
10. "Are You Glad to Be in America?" - 4:37

James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
David Murray – tenor saxophone
Oliver Lake - alto saxophone
Olu Dara - trumpet
Billy Patterson - rhythm guitar (track 4)
Amin Ali - electric bass
G. Calvin Weston, Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums

Recorded at RCA Studios, New York City on January 17, 1980.

Rough Trade ‎– ROUGH 16, UK, 1980

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Oliver Lake ‎– NTU: Point From Which Creation Begins

Oliver Lake ‎– NTU: Point From Which Creation Begins

1. Africa (Johnson, Lake)
2. Tse'lane (Baikida E. J. Carroll)
3. Electric Freedom Colors (Carroll, Lake)
4. Eriee (Lake)
5. Zip (Lake)

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Oliver Lake
Congas – Don Moye
Drums – Charles Bobo Shaw
Electric Bass – Don Officer
Electric Piano – Clovis Bordeux
Guitar – Richard Martin (3)
Small Instruments – Baikida E. J. Carroll, Floyd LeFlore, Joseph Bowie, Oliver Lake
Piano – John Hicks
Trombone – Joseph Bowie
Trumpet – Baikida E. J. Carroll, Floyd LeFlore

Recorded in St. Louis in 1971

Arista ‎/ Freedom ‎– AL 1024, 1976

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Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is

Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is 

Great album by a great band on a great label. Pheeroan akLaff and Anthony Davis are stellar, as expected, and Buster Williams kills it on Comous. Lake is determined and focused throughout, wearing the band like a fine suit around his tunes. Don't sleep on Michael Gregory's T-fon, either.

All compositions by Oliver Lake except as indicated

1. Rite-ing
2. Comous
3. Shu-ful
4. T-fon (Michael Gregory Jackson)
5. Change One
6. Of Is

Oliver Lake - Alto Saxophone
Michael Gregory Jackson - Guitar
Anthony Davis - Piano

Pheeroan akLaff - Drums
Buster Williams - Bass (#2)
Leonard Jones - Bass (#3-5)

Arista / Novus, 1978

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