''Cross Fire'' is an album by

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 ...

's Music Revelation Ensemble, with guest saxophonists

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

and

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

, recorded in 1996 and released on the Japanese DIW label.Jazzlists: DIW Records: CDs 900 to 947
accessed January 15, 2018

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Music Revelation Ensemble seems to be the context that Blood Ulmer reserves his strongest melodies for, and he plays with the kind of fire and invention that made him a major figure. ''Cross Fire'' probably isn't the best place to plunge in and explore the music, but it's a very worthy addition to the catalog".Snowden, D.
Allmusic Review
accessed July 11, 2014

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer # "Law" – 5:36 # "Suspect" – 7:10 # "Devotion" – 4:30 # "Sweet" – 5:18 # "Proof" – 6:36 # "My Prayer" – 9:14 # "Evidence" – 7:59 # "Backbeat" – 6:40

Personnel

– guitar *Calvin "Hassan Truth" Jones – acoustic bass *Cornell Rochester – drums *

– alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8) *

– tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums James Blood Ulmer albums DIW Records albums