Cross Fire (Music Revelation Ensemble album) explained

Cross Fire
Type:	Album
Artist:	Music Revelation Ensemble
Cover:	Cross Fire (album).jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	December 17 & 18, 1996
Studio:	Avatar, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	53:03
Label:	DIW DIW 927
Producer:	James Blood Ulmer & Kazunori Sugiyama
Chronology:	Music Revelation Ensemble
Prev Title:	Knights of Power
Prev Year:	1996

Cross Fire is an album by James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, with guest saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and John Zorn, recorded in 1996 and released on the Japanese DIW label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Music Revelation Ensemble seems to be the context that Blood Ulmer reserves his strongest melodies for, and he plays with the kind of fire and invention that made him a major figure. Cross Fire probably isn't the best place to plunge in and explore the music, but it's a very worthy addition to the catalog".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. "Law" – 5:36
2. "Suspect" – 7:10
3. "Devotion" – 4:30
4. "Sweet" – 5:18
5. "Proof" – 6:36
6. "My Prayer" – 9:14
7. "Evidence" – 7:59
8. "Backbeat" – 6:40

Personnel

• James Blood Ulmer – guitar
• Calvin "Hassan Truth" Jones – acoustic bass
• Cornell Rochester – drums
• John Zorn – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)
• Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.geocities.ws/rstubenrauch/Ulmer/Disko-ulmer.htm#48 James Blood Ulmer discography
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_DIW_900.htm Jazzlists: DIW Records: CDs 900 to 947
3. Snowden, D., Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2014