James 'Blood' Ulmer is one of the few guitarists to have forged a style based largely on the traditions of African-American vernacular music. Ulmer is an adherent of saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman's vaguely defined Harmelodic theory and plays with a stuttering vocalic attack; his jagged lines speak with the authority of a free jazz improvisor and the accent of a soul-jazz tenor saxophonist. His solo guitar work is an expressive hard-edged loudly amplified hybrid. But Ulmer isn't limited in his musical scope. In these sessions he reveals himself to be an instant... inventor of repute on the flute and a memorable songwriter and blues singer with the now classic Are you Glad to be in America. James 'Blood' Ulmer: dynamic dedicated never to be duplicated - an original. [show more]
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Part of the 39-part Jazz Sessions music profile/performance television series, this episode focuses on the work of American jazz/blues guitarist James 'Blood' Ulmer. One of the few guitarists to have forged a style based primarily on the traditions of African-American vernacular music, Ulmer's solo guitar work is an expressive, hard-edged and resolutely original hybrid. But Ulmer is not limited to the constraints of the guitar; in this programme he also reveals himself to be a talented flautist as well as a memorable songwriter and blues vocalist.
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