''Original Phalanx'' 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 ...

and George Adams' band

Phalanx The phalanx ( grc, φάλαγξ; plural phalanxes or phalanges, , ) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar pole weapons. The term is particularly use ...

which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Japanese DIW label.James Blood Ulmer discography
accessed January 12, 2018
accessed January 12, 2018

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except where noted # "Song Number One" – 7:34 # "Free Spirit" (Sirone) – 7:16 # "House on 13th Street" (George Adams) – 6:15 # "Troublemaker" – 8:13 # "Angel Love" (Sirone) – 9:02 # "A Smile" (Adams) – 6:04 Additional track on CD release # "Playground" (Adams) – 11:07

Personnel

- guitar * George Adams - tenor saxophone, flute *

Sirone Sirone ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,270 and an area of .Al ...

- bass *

Rashied Ali Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson (July 1, 1933 – August 12, 2009) was an American free jazz and avant-garde drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life. Biography Early life Patterson was born and ...

- drums

References

{{Authority control 1987 albums Phalanx (band) albums DIW Records albums