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Article: Big Band in the Sky

Remembering James Blood Ulmer: The Incognito Bluesman

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2026

James Blood Ulmer, the pioneering electric guitarist and singer who first came to prominence in New York in the early '70s, has died at the age of 86. His extraordinarily visceral guitar style--ragged, choppy, spluttering yet deeply emotive--was instantly recognizable. Post-Jimi Hendrix, Ulmer was one of just a handful of guitarists to alter the language of ...

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No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions

By James Blood Ulmer

Label: Hyena Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Goin New York/ Hustle Is On/ Who's Been Talkin'/ Ghetto Child/ Are You Glad to Be in America/ You Know, I Know/ Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)/ Bright Lights, Big City/ No Escape from the Blues/ Satisfy (Story of My Life)/ Trouble in Mind/ The Blues Had a Baby and Called it Rock N Roll

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James Blood Ulmer: No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions

Read "No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions" reviewed by David Vance

by David Vance
February 5, 2004

James Blood Ulmer's raw, aggressive guitar work with Ornette Coleman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and others established him as one of the brightest lights in contemporary jazz. By adapting elements of rock (particularly Jimi Hendrix) and blues to Coleman's melodic language and incorporating bizarre alternate tunings, Ulmer, along with Sonny Sharrock and Derek Bailey, was one of ...