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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Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

All Compositions by Jamaaladeen Tacuma, except where indicated

1. Renaissance Man
    Cornet, African Flute – Olu Dara
2. Flash Back
3. Let's Have A Good Time
4. The Next Stop
5. Dancing In Your Head (Ornette Coleman, arr. Tacuma)
    Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Charles Ellerbe
    Electronics [Dmx], Drum Programming – Greg Mann, Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Percussion, Percussion [Electronic] – Ron Howerton
6. There He Stood
    Bass Guitar [Four And Five Stringed Steiberger], Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Handclaps – Daniel Ponce, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Verna Gillis
    Lyrics By [Poem], Narrator – Howie Montaug
    Percussion – Daniel Ponce
7. The Battle Of Images - In Four Movements
    Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Conductor – Bob Zollman
    Strings – Ebony String Quartet
    Violin – Cynthia Shoats, Kathleen Thomas
    Viola – Nina Wilkenson
    Cello – Aaron Henderson
    Timpani, Percussion – Bob Zollman
8. Sparkle
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
    Tenor Saxophone – David Murray
    Drums – Bill Bruford
    Drums [African Gymbe] – Daryl Burgee

Tracks 1-4 (Jamaaladeen Tacuma featuring his band Jamaal)

Electric Bass, Electronics – Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Alto Saxophone – James R. Watkins

Electric Guitar – Rick Iannacone

Drums – Cornell Rochester

Track 1-4, 7 recorded at Studio 4, Philadelphia, 1983 

Track 5 recorded at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 

Track 6 recorded at Sinus Musik, Berlin, Germany, 1983 

Track 8 recorded at Unique Recording Studio, New York, 1983 

Mixed at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 

Gramavision ‎– GR 8308, 1984

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