◇ image via WikipediaJames Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Ornette Coleman, Skip James, Albert Ayler and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how James Blood Ulmer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sonny Sharrock, Ornette Coleman, Hermeto Pascoal, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ornette Coleman and Kim Deal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around James Blood Ulmer, reaching back through Jamaaladeen Tacuma and forward to Ornette Coleman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Blood Ulmer connections
James Blood Ulmer grew out of Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Ornette Coleman, Skip James and Albert Ayler, shares an orbit with Sonny Sharrock, Ornette Coleman, Hermeto Pascoal and Mahavishnu Orchestra, went on to shape Ornette Coleman and Kim Deal. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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