Elec. Jazz Explained

Elec. Jazz
Type:Album
Artist:Music Revelation Ensemble
Cover:Elec Jazz.jpg
Released:1990
Recorded:March 12 & 13, 1990
Studio:A&R Recording, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:50:16
Label:DIW
DIW 839
Producer:James Blood Ulmer & Kazunori Sugiyama
Chronology:Music Revelation Ensemble
Prev Title:Music Revelation Ensemble
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:After Dark
Next Year:1992

Elec. Jazz is an album by James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble recorded in 1990 and released on the Japanese DIW label featuring performances by Ulmer with David Murray, Amin Ali and Cornell Rochester.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states, "Essentially James "Blood" Ulmer's band, the Music Revelation Ensemble both harks back to his early recorded history with saxophonist David Murray and seeks to update the guitarist's unique fusion of funk, out jazz, and hardcore blues... Ulmer, of course, is sui generis, and his playing here, in all its raggedness, grit, and clarity, is arguably some of the best he ever put to disc. Forget the insipid album title. Elec. Jazz contains some fine, tough music and is well-worth seeking out".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

  1. "Exit" - 5:27
  2. "Inter City" - 6:40
  3. "Big Top" - 5:45
  4. "No More" - 8:22
  5. "Big Top Part 2" - 6:46
  6. "Taps Dance" - 10:32
  7. "Exit Part 2" - 6:44

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://go54321.tripod.com/dm/session4.html David Murray Sessionography: 1990-1994
  2. http://www.geocities.ws/rstubenrauch/Ulmer/Disko-ulmer.htm#35 James Blood Ulmer discography
  3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_DIW_800.htm Jazzlists: DIW Records: CDs 801 to 899
  4. Olewnick, B., Allmusic Review accessed July 10, 2014