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James Blood Ulmer
Applying his psychedelic guitar mastery to be-bop, blues, funk and gospel, James
Ulmer's fusion of styles has blurred the lines between free-form jazz and acid
rock and made him a revered figure in the world of experimental music.
Growing up in South Carolina, he played in his father's gospel group with his
brothers and friends and used to sneak away from his strict Christian household
to watch a local blues musician. Leaving home at 14, he cut his teeth with soul
and R&B groups in Pittsburgh and Ohio before landing in New York in 1970, where
visionary saxophone player Ornette...
