Black and Blues
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Black and Blues is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1990 and released on the Japanese DIW
label.
DIW Records
DIW Records is a Japanese record label. It is a subsidiary label of Disc Union and specializes in jazz and avant garde music. Kazunori Sugiyama was an executive producer for the label before starting Tzadik Records with John Zorn.-Discography:...
label.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.Track listing
- All compositions by James Blood Ulmer
- "Burning Like Love" - 5:54
- "Crying" - 6:12
- "Lady of Colours" - 5:38
- "Tower of Power" - 3:54
- "New York Day" - 6:32
- "Make It Right" - 5:39
- "Sign Language" - 6:30
- "No Other Lover" - 4:40
- "Uptown" - 6:02
- Recorded at the Power StationAvatar StudiosAvatar Studios, formerly known as The Power Station, is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City.The building was originally a Consolidated Edison power plant; but after a period of vacancy, it was used as a sound stage for the television game show Let's Make a Deal...
, New York on October 24, 25, November 6 and 7, 1990
- Recorded at the Power Station
Personnel
- James Blood Ulmer - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Amin Ali - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Ronnie Drayton - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
- Grant Calvin Weston - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....