
James Blood Ulmer@Collection
BORN St. Matthews Feb 2,1942 @`
Last Update : 2005.12.23
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| LP | In Concert/Ornette Coleman no number (bootleg, 2 LP set) |
Ornette Coleman: as, tp , violin James Ulmer: g Sirone (Norris Jones): b Billy Higgins: dr | live at the Teatro S. Pio X, Padua, Italy ; May 4, 1974 |
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| CD | Revealing/James "Blood" Ulmer IN+OUT 7007 (LP & CD, 1990) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g George Adams: ts, bcl Cecil McBee: b Doug Hammond: dr | rec. 1977 | ![]() |
| LP | Tales Of Captain Black/James "Blood" Ulmer Artists House AH 9407 (LP, 1979) DIW (CD, 1996) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g Ornette Coleman: as Jaamaladeen Tacuma: el-b Denardo Coleman: dr | Dec 5, 1978 | ![]() |
| LP | Are You Glad To Be In America?/James "Blood" Ulmer 1980 - Rough Trade (UK) 16 (LP) 1981 - Artists House (USA) AH-14 (LP) |
James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar, vocal; Amin Ali, electric bass; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums ; G. Calvin Weston, drums ; Olu Dara, cornet ; Oliver Lake, alto saxophone ; David Murray, tenor saxophone; William Patterson, rhythm guitar (4) | January 17, 1980 at RCA Studios, New York City |
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| CD | Illusions/Arthur Blythe | Arthur Blythe: as : James "Blood" Ulmer: g Abdul Wadud: c Bob Stewart: tu Bobby Battle: dr : John Hicks: p Fred Hopkins: b Steve McCall: dr | CBS studios, NYC 1980 | ![]() |
| LP | No Wave/Music Revelation Ensemble Moers Music (Germany) 01072 (LP) |
James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar, vocal; David Murray, tenor saxophone; Amin Ali, electric bass; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums | June 1980 at Studio 57, Dusseldorf, Germany | ![]() |
| CD | Free Lancing/James "Blood" Ulmer CBS 85224 (LP, 1981) SONY SRCS 7184 (CD, 1995, Japan) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Amin Ali: el-b Grant Calvin Weston: dr David Murray: ts Oliver Lake: as Olu Dara: tp Ronnie Drayton: g Irene Datcher, Diane Wilson, Zenobia Konkerite: voc | rec. date unknown, probably 1981 |
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| CD | Black Rock/James "Blood" Ulmer CBS 25064 (LP, 1982) SONY SRCS 7185 (CD, 1995, Japan) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Amin Ali: el-b, voc Ronald Drayton: rh-g Grant Calvin Weston: dr, back voc Cornell Rochester: dr Sam Sanders: ts , as Irene Datcher: voc | date not specified, most probably 1981 or 1982 | ![]() |
| LP | Show Stopper/Jamaaladeen Tacuma Gramavision GR 8301 (LP,CD) |
Jamaaladeen Tacuma: el-b James "Blood" Ulmer: g Chuck Hammer: g-synth Daryl Burgee: dr | 1982/83 | ![]() |
| CD | Odyssey/James "Blood" Ulmer CBS 25602 (LP, 1983) SONY SRCS 7186 (CD, 1995, Japan) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Warren Benbow: dr Charles Burnham: violin | not specified, most probably 1982 or early 1983 | ![]() |
| CD | Bloody Guitar/James "Blood" Ulmer Not for Sale ImprovisationLabel IL-366815 |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Prov : Warren Benbow: dr Charles Burnham: violin | "Pithecantropus",Tokyo,April 13 ,1983 | ![]() |
| LP | Part Time/James "Blood" Ulmer Rough Trade 65 (LP, 1984) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Charles Burnham: violin Warren Benbow: dr | live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1983 | ![]() |
| LP | Live At The Caravan Of Dreams/James "Blood" Ulmer Caravan Of Dreams CDP85004 (LP, 1986) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: singing the blues, g Amin Ali: b Charles Burnham: violin Warren Benbow: dr | Live at the Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas not specified, most probably 1983 or 1984 | ![]() |
| LP | Children/David Murray Black Saint BSR 0089 (LP,CD) |
David Murray: ts James "Blood" Ulmer: g Lonnie Plaxico: b Marvin 'Smitty' Smith: dr | Oct 27 or Nov 15, 1984 | ![]() |
| LP | One Minute Of Love/Cornell Rochester and Gerald Veasley Gramavision GR 8505 (LP,CD) |
Gerald Veasley: b, voc Cornell Rochester: dr James "Blood" Ulmer: g Willie Williams: ts, ss Uri Caine: keyb Gene Terramani: g | Feb/March 1985 | ![]() |
| LP | Got Something Good For You/George Adams & James "Blood" Ulmer Moers Music 02046 (LP, 1986; also on CD) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: voc, g George Adams: voc, ts Amin Ali: el-b Calvin Weston: dr | Sept 1985 | ![]() |
| CD | Jazzbuhne Berlin '85/George Adams James "Blood" Ulmer Quartet Repertoire RR 4912-WZ (CD, 1990) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc George Adams: ts, voc Amin Ali: b Calvin Weston: d | live at the Friedrichstadtpalast East-Berlin for the national broadcasting station of the German Democratic Republic. East Berlin June 23, 1985 | ![]() |
| LP | Recording NYC. 1986/David Murray DIW 8009 (LP), DIW 802 (CD) |
David Murray: ts James "Blood" Ulmer: g Fred Hopkins: b Sunny Murray: dr | May 10, 1986 | ![]() |
| LP | America-Do You Remember The Love?/James "Blood" Ulmer | James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar, vocal; Bill Laswell, 4, 6 & 8 string basses; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums; Nicky Skopelitis, 12 string guitar, banjo; Bernard, Fred and Muriel Fowler, backing vocals | 1987 at the Power Station, Quadrosonic and RPM Studios, New York City | ![]() |
| LP | Original Phalanx DIW 8013 (LP), DIW 801 (CD) |
George Adams: ts, fl James "Blood" Ulmer: g Sirone (Norris Jones): b Rashied Ali: dr | Feb 13 & 14, 1987 | ![]() |
| LP | Dance Romance/Grant Calvin Weston IN+OUT 7002 |
Grant Calvin Weston: dr, lead voc (1,2,3,5) James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Jamaaladeen Tacuma: b, keyb (2), back voc (1,3) Fostina Dixon: sax (1,4), voc (2) | date not specified, probably 1987 or 1988 | ![]() |
| LP | Music Revelation Ensemble/Music Revelation Ensemble 1988 - DIW (Japan) 825 (LP,) |
James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar; David Murray, tenor saxophone; Jamaaladeen Tacuma, bass; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums | February 3-4, 1988 at A&R Recording, New York City | ![]() |
| LP | In Touch/Phalanx DIW 826 (LP, CD, 1988) |
George Adams: ts, ss, fl James "Blood" Ulmer: g, fl Sirone (Norris Jones): b Rashied Ali: dr | Feb 27 & 29, 1988 | ![]() |
| CD | Wings/James "Blood" Ulmer 1989 - Jazz File (Italy?) 1006 (CD) |
James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar, vocal; Bill Laswell, basses; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums | November 11, 1988 in Zurich, Switzerland | ![]() |
| CD | Blues Allnight/James "Blood" Ulmer IN+OUT, bellaphon 290.07.151 (CD, 1990, Germany) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: lead voc, g Ronnie Drayton: g, back voc Amin Ali: b, back voc Grant Calvin Weston: dr, back voc Winnie Leyh: back voc, keyb | May 1989 | ![]() |
| CD | Elec. Jazz/Music Revelation Ensemble DIW 8041 (LP), DIW 839 (CD) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g David Murray: ts Amin Ali: el-b Cornell Rochester: dr | March 12 & 13, 1990 | ![]() |
| CD | Black & Blues/James "Blood" Ulmer DIW-845 |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Ronald Drayton: g Amin Ali: b Grant Calvin Weston: dr | Oct 24 & 25, Nov 6 & 7, 1990 | ![]() |
| CD | After Dark/Music Revelation Ensemble DIW-855 (CD, 1992) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g David Murray: ts Amin Ali: b Cornell Rochester: dr the Intercity String Quartet: Jason K.Hwang, Rudi Berger: violins Ronald Lawrence: viola Michelle Kinney: c | Oct 9 & 10, 1991 NYC; (track (4) rec. Oct 7, 1991) | ![]() |
| CD | Blues Preacher/James "Blood" Ulmer DIW-869 (CD, 1993) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, fl , voc Ronald Drayton: g Mark E. Peterson: b Aubrey Dayle: dr : James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Irene Datcher: voc William "Spaceman" Patterson: synth b, dr, keyb Delmar Brown: keyb Aubrey Dayle: dr | Sept-Nov 1992 | ![]() |
| CD | Harmolodic Guitar With Strings/James "Blood" Ulmer DIW 878 (CD, 1993) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Indigo Quartet: Gayle Dixon, John Blake: violin Ron Lawrence: viola Akua Dixon Turre: c |
June 29 & July 9-18, 1993 | ![]() |
| CD | In the Name of .../Music Revelation Ensemble DIW-885 (CD, 1994) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g Amin Ali: el-b Cornell W. Rochester: dr Arthur Blythe: as Sam Rivers: ss, ts , fl Hamiet Bluiett bs | Eastside sound, NYC Dec 6&7, 1993 | ![]() |
| CD | Conversations/Karl Berger IN+OUT IOR 77027-2 (CD, 1994) |
Karl Berger: p James "Blood" Ulmer: g | between March 11 and 14, 1994 | ![]() |
| CD | Live at Bayerischer Hof/James "Blood" Ulmer"Blues Experience" IN+OUT IOR 77018-2 (CD, 1994) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Amin Ali: b Aubrey Dayle: dr | live, April 25, 1994 in Munich | ![]() |
| CD | South Delta Space Age/Third Rail Polystar PCSW-5338 |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Claudine Amina Myers: Hammond-3 org, el-p, voice Bernie Worrell: Hammond-3 org, clavinet Bill Laswell: b Josef "Zigaboo" Modeliste: dr | prov 1994 | ![]() |
| CD | Knights Of Power/Music Revelation Ensemble DIW 905 (1996, CD) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g Amin Ali: b Cornell W. Rochester: dr Arthur Blythe: as Hamiet Bluiett: bs | April 15 & 16, 1995 | ![]() |
| CD | Music Speaks Louder Than Words : Plays The Music Of Ornette Coleman /James "Blood" Ulmer DIW-910 (CD, 1996) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Calvin "Hassen Truth" Jones: ac-b Amin Ali: el-b Rashied Ali: dr Aubrey Dale: dr Michael Mustafa Ulmer: keyb | Dec 18 & 19, 1995 | ![]() |
| CD | Forbidden Blues/James "Blood" Ulmer DIW-932 (CD, 1998) |
James Blood Ulmer: g, fl, voc Charles Burnham: violin Calvin Jones: acoustic b Amin Ali: electric b Calvin Weston: dr Michael Musutafa: key Dana Manno: voc | at Avatar, NYC on July 30, 31 and September 8. 1996. | ![]() |
| CD | Cross Fire/Music Revelation Ensemble DIW-927 (CD, 1997) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g Calvin "Hassen Truth" Jones: b Cornell W.Rochester: dr Pharoah Sanders: ts (2,4,6,7) John Zorn: as (1,3,5,8) | at Avatar, NYC on January 20&21, 1997 | ![]() |
| CD | Reunion / Odyssey The Band Knitting Factory KFR 220 |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Warren Benbow: dr Charles Burnham: violin | at Knitting Factory Studios, 1997 | ![]() |
| CD | Blue Blood/James "Blood" Ulmer Innerhythmic (CD, 2001) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Bill Laswell: b Bernie Worrell: key Jerome Bigfoot Brailey: dr Amina Claudine Myers: key | Prov 2000 | ![]() |
| CD | Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions/James "Blood" Ulmer Label M. 495728 (CD, 2002) |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Vernon Reid: g Charles Burnham: violin, mandolin Mark Peterson: b Aubrey Dayle: dr Rick Steff: key David Barnes: harmonica. | April 2001 | ![]() |
| CD | No Escape From The Blues / James "Blood" Ulmer![]() HYENA TMF 9312 |
James "Blood" Ulmer: g, voc Vernon Reid: g Leon Gruenbaum : p, org,key,etc Charles Burnham: violin,
mandolin Mark Peterson: b Aubrey Dayle: dr Rick Steff: key David Barnes:
harmonica guest :@Queen Esther (vo) Olu Dara (p-tp) John Kruth (tamb) Maya Smullyan Jenkins (tap) |
Electric Lady Studios, NYC, April 23-25, 2003 | ![]() |
| CD | BirthRight / James "Blood" Ulmer HYENA TMF 9335 |
James "Blood" Ulmer (g,vo,fl) | Gigantic Studios,NYC , prov. 2004 | ![]() |
| CD | Out of Nowwhere / James Carter Organ Trio Half Note HN4520 |
James Carter (saxs) Gerald Gibbs (org) Leonard King (ds) James 'Blood'Ulmer(g) Hamiet Blueitt (bs) | Live At Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC, May 6-7, 2004 | ![]() |
| CD | Back In Time / Odyssey The Band PI Recording P118 |
Charles Burnham (vl) James "Blood" Ulmer (g,vo) Warren Benbow (ds) | at Orange Bear Studios,NJ, May 12/13,18, 2005 | ![]() |