music.wikisort.org - CompositionFree Lancing is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1981 and released on the Columbia label.[1] It was Ulmer's first of three albums recorded for a major label.
1981 studio album by James Blood Ulmer
Free Lancing |
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Released | 1981 |
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Recorded | 1981 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 47:31 |
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Label | Columbia |
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Producer | Jim Fishel, Roger Trilling & James "Blood" Ulmer |
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars, and states, "it's Ulmer's stinging guitar lines — rough-hewn, corrosive, and scrabbling — throughout this recording that make it one of his finest".[2]
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |     [3] |
Trouser Press described both Free Lancing and the subsequent Black Rock as "technical masterpieces, making up in precision what they lack in emotion (as compared to Are You Glad to Be in America?). Working to expand his audience, Ulmer concentrates more on electric guitar flash, and actual melodies can be discerned from the improvised song structures (improvisation being one of the keys to harmolodics)."[4]
Track listing
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer
- "Timeless" - 4:22
- "Pleasure Control" - 5:00
- "Night Lover" - 5:22
- "Where Did All the Girls Come From?" - 4:38
- "High Time" - 4:00
- "Hijack" -
- "Free Lancing" - 4:42
- "Stand Up to Yourself" - 4:37
- "Rush Hour" - 5:32
- "Happy Time" - 5:11
Personnel
- James Blood Ulmer - electric guitar; vocals (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
- Amin Ali - electric bass
- G. Calvin Weston - drums
- Ronnie Drayton - second guitar (2, 4 & 8)
- Diane Wilson, Irene Datcher, Zenobia Konkerite - background vocals (2, 4 & 8)
- David Murray - tenor saxophone (5, 6 & 9)
- Oliver Lake – alto saxophone (5, 6 & 9)
- Olu Dara - trumpet (5, 6 & 9)
References
- James Blood Ulmer discography accessed January 12, 2018
- Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed July 9, 2010
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 197. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Margasak, Peter; Graham Flashner (2007). "James Blood Ulmer". Trouser Press. Trouser Press LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
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With others |
- Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (Craig Harris, 1988)
- Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette, 1979)
- Album Album (Jack DeJohnette, 1984)
- Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (James Carter, 2001)
- The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra, 1991)
- Love Outside of Dreams (Kahil El'Zabar, 1997)
- One World Family (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
- We Is (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
- Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (McCoy Tyner, 1984)
- 44th Street Suite (McCoy Tyner, 1991)
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