''Blue Blood'' is an album by American guitarist

James Blood Ulmer James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 8, 1940) is an American jazz, free funk and blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer plays a Gibson Byrdland guitar. His guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging". His singing has been called "ragge ...

recorded in 2000 and released on

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, w ...

's Innerhythmic label in 2001.James Blood Ulmer discography
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accessed January 15, 2018 The album features performances by Ulmer with Laswell,

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, and

Amina Claudine Myers Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Biography Born in Blackwell, Arkansas, "Myers was brought up largely by her great-aunt, a schoolteacher, and her great-uncle, a c ...

who initially recorded '' South Delta Space Age'' as Third Rail in 1995.

Reception

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awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Thom Jurek stated, "there is a deep nighttime feeling to this disc; there are few tracks featuring the fire-spitting, wood-splintering knot-like runs that come flailing off the strings and melt the brain of the listener. This is a riff- and song-oriented recording (yes, there are vocals) that accent the blues and gospel side of Ulmer's playing... There are one or two misses here, but they're no big deal compared to the wealth of good stuff".Jurek, T.

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Track listing

:''All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated'' # "O Gentle One" – 6:06 # "As It Is" (Jerome Brailey, Bill Laswell, Ulmer) – 5:25 # "99 Names" (Traditional arranged Ulmer) – 4:55 # "On and On" ( Jamal Cantero,

Erica Wright Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut al ...

) – 3:56 # "Pull on up to Love" – 4:46 # "Momentarily" (Brailey, Laswell, Ulmer) – 5:56 # "We Got to Get Together" – 5:28 # "I Can Tell" – 4:42 # "Home Alone" – 6:59 *Recorded at Orange Music, Orange NJ

Personnel

– guitar, vocals *

– bass *

– keyboards * Jerome Bigfoot Brailey – drums

References

{{Authority control Innerhythmic Records albums James Blood Ulmer albums 2001 albums albums produced by Bill Laswell