''Music Revelation Ensemble'' is the eponymous second 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 featuring saxophonist
David Murray, bassist
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American free jazz bassist born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Pr ...
and drummer
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and ...
, recorded in 1988 and released on the Japanese
DIW label.
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accessed January 12, 2018
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars.[Allmusic Review](_blank)
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Track listing
''All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated''
# "Bodytalk" - 12:43
# "Playtime" - 11:33
# "Nisa" - 11:53
# "Street Bride" - 8:45
# "Blues for David" - 5:01
# "Burn!" (Ronald Shannon Jackson, David Murray, Kazunori Sugiyama, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, James Blood Ulmer) - 8:41
Personnel
*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 ...
- guitar
* David Murray - tenor saxophone
*Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American free jazz bassist born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Pr ...
- electric bass
*Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and ...
- drums
References
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1988 albums
James Blood Ulmer albums
DIW Records albums