''South Delta Space Age'' is an album by the band Third Rail, featuring 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 ...

, bassist Bill Laswell, drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, and organists Amina Claudine Myers and Bernie Worrell. It was recorded in 1995 and released on the

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Reception

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gave the album 4 stars, and the review by Stewart Mason stated, "The first album by the James Blood Ulmer and Bill Laswell collaboration Third Rail is a sometimes confusing mishmash of styles; however, given the title, it appears that the juxtaposition of dirty blues-based grooves and spacey psychedelic jazz-funk is entirely intentional. Whether or not the combination is entirely satisfying is up to the listener, but while the album occasionally seems to have more ideas than it knows what to do with, most of them do work".

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except where noted # "Dusted" (James Blood Ulmer, Jesse Bonds Weaver, Jr., Bill Laswell) – 7:07 # "Grounded" (Ulmer, Joseph Modeliste, Laswell) – 4:26 # "Funk All Night" – 4:51 # "In The Name Of" – 5:17 # "Please Tell Her" – 3:55 # "Itchin'" – 4:48 # "Blues March" (Ulmer, Modeliste) – 7:45 # "First Blood" – 5:22 # "Lord Thank You" – 8:03

Personnel

* James "Blood" Ulmer – guitar, vocals * Bill Laswell −

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* Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste – drums, percussion * Bernie Worrell − Hammond B-3 organ,

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* Amina Claudine Myers − Hammond B-3 organ,

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, voice

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Antilles Records albums James Blood Ulmer albums Bill Laswell albums Ziggy Modeliste albums Amina Claudine Myers albums Bernie Worrell albums albums produced by Bill Laswell