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Forbidden Blues

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Released
  
October 20, 1998

Forbidden Blues (1996)
  
Blue Blood (1997)

Release date
  
20 October 1998

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
51:34

Artist
  
James Blood Ulmer

Label
  
DIW Records

Recorded
  
July 30, 31 & September 8, 1996

Producer
  
Kazunori Sugiyama & James Blood Ulmer

Similar
  
James Blood Ulmer albums, Jazz albums

James blood ulmer forbidden blues


Forbidden Blues is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1996 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1998.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "For those seeking to listen to the continuing development of James Ulmer as a musician, there are projects like this one, that pick up where his Odyssey recordings leave off, and where the Blues Preacher and Blues Allnight recordings, flawed as they are, tried to direct our attention. This is jazz that embraces the spectrum of black music and holds within it the possibility for magic at each and every turn".

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer
  1. "What Is" - 4:40
  2. "Forbidden Blues" - 5:56
  3. "Eviction" - 6:36
  4. "Do You Wanna" - 6:47
  5. "Forget Not" - 5:33
  6. "High Yellow" - 5:07
  7. "Hymn" - 5:52
  8. "We Got to Get Together" - 6:15
  9. "Inspiration" - 4:49
  • Recorded at Avatar Studios, NYC on July 30, 31 & September 8, 1996

    • Personnel

  • James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals, flute
  • Charles Burnham - violin (tracks 5, 7 & 9)
  • Michael Musutafa - keyboards (tracks 4, 6 & 8)
  • Calvin Jones - acoustic bass (tracks 1-3)
  • Amin Ali - electric bass (tracks 4, 6 & 8)
  • Calvin Weston - drums
  • Dana Manno - vocals (track 2)

    • Songs

    1What Is4:40
    2Forbidden Blues5:57
    3Eviction6:37

    References

    Forbidden Blues Wikipedia
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