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RoJaC - Robert's Jazz Corner
Updated 27.11.02
The following bibliographical information relates to periodicals and
books present in the archive of the Jazz-Institut Darmstadt. Our extensive
periodical collection comprises more than 700 periodicals, more than
40.000 single issues. About 40-50 % of the collection have been indexed.
Following the more recent entries you'll find abbreviations which will
give you a clue about the nature in the respective articles. The
abbreviations are:
| [A] = analytical remarks |
[B] = extensive book review |
| [BT] = blindfold test |
[C] = concert review |
| [D] = discography |
[F] = feature article |
| [I] = interview |
["I"] = article written by the respective musician
himself |
| [R] = extensive record review |
[T] = transcription |
If you need xerocopies of any of these articles, you should first try to
contact a library near you. We copy only small orders -- up to 5 articles
per order. We do not copy any articles published before 1970. Melody Maker
are generally not copied. These restrictions have conservatory reasons.
We have to ask the municipal fee for any xerocopies -- at the moment
0,50 DM per copy. We will also ask you for reimboursement of postage --
usually 3,- DM, more for air-mail service. Any copies have to be ordered
only in writing or by fax -- no e-mail yet --, giving the exact
bibliographical data: author, title, periodical, year/month, pages. We
will send you an invoice together with the copies.
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Ulmer, James Blood (g * b: 2.Feb.1942, St. Matthews/SC;
Lexikon: Jazz. The Essential Companion [1987]; New Grove Dictionary of
Jazz [1988]; Rororo Jazzlexikon [1988]; Reclam Jazzlexikon [1989];
Dictionnaire du Jazz [1988,1995])
1980:
- J. Brinsfield: James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black, in: Down
Beat, 47/5 (May 1980), p. 32 (R)
- C.J. Safane: The Harmolodic Diatonic Funk of James "Blood"
Ukmer, in: Down Beat, 47/10 (Oct.1980), p. 22-23, 64
1981:
- M. Thiem: James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black / Revelation
Music Ensemble - No Wave / Are You Glad to Be in America?, in: Jazz
Forum, #72 (1981), p. 55 (R)
- Neil Tesser: Ulmer and Jackson's New Fusion, in: Musician, #33
(1981), p. 82, 84
- Beatrice Caux: James Blood Ulmer. Les contes du capitaine Blood, in:
Jazz Hot, #381 (Feb.1981), p. 34-35 (F/I)
- Bernard Loupias: James Blood Ulmer. Un sang nouveau pour nos
sillons?, in: Jazz Magazine, #294 (Feb.1981), p. 34-35, 46 (F)
- A. Sussman: Captain Beefheat/James "Blood" Ulmer Quintet,
Beacon Theater, New York City, in: Down Beat, 48/4 (Apr.1981), p. 51-52
(C)
- Francis Hofstein: Jazz en direct. James Blood Ulmer, in: Jazz
Magazine, #297 (May 1981), p. 12 (C)
- Robin Tolleson: James "Blood" Ulmer - Are You Glad to Be
in America? / Music Revelation Ensemble - No Wave, in: Down Beat, 48/7
(Jul.1981), p. 34, 38 (R)
1982:
- D. Palmer: Faces. James Blood Ulmer, in: Musician, #44 (1982), p. 30
- Larry Birnbaum: James "Blood" Ulmer - Free Lancing, in:
Down Beat, 49/2 (Feb.1982), p. 27 (R)
- M. Therstappen: James Blood Ulmer - Free Lancing, in: Jazz Podium,
31/2 (Feb.1982), p. 44 (R)
- Chris May: Blood Change, in: Black Music & Jazz Review, 5/8
(Dec.1982), p. 19 (F/I)
1983:
- J. Szprot: James Blood Ulmer - Free Lancing / Black Rock, in: Jazz
Forum, #85 (1983), p. 50-51 (R)
- L. Barber: James Blood Ulmer (Brixton Ace), in: Melody Maker,
16.Jul.1983, p. 14
1984:
- Kevin Whitehead: James Blood Ulmer - Odyssey, in: Musician, #66
(1984), p. 106 (R)
- Larry Birnbaum: James Blood Ulmer - "Odyssey" (Columbia), in: Down
Beat, 51/4 (Apr.1984), p. 38, 40 (R)
- L. Barber: James Blood Ulmer, The Venue, London, in: Melody Maker,
4.Aug.1984, p. 20
1986:
- Detlev Reinert: James "Blood" Ulmer. Ich spiele nur
Gitarre..., in: Jazz Podium, 35/4 (Apr.1986), p. 16-17 (I)
1987:
- Reuben M. Jackson: Blood. Red, White & Blue Note, in: Jazziz,
4/3 (Apr/May 1987), p. 53 (F/I)
- Bill Milkowski: James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams /
America: Do You Remember the Love?, in: Down Beat, 54/6 (Jun.1987), p.
39, 41-42 (R)
- Sergi Jordà: La nueva Fusion de los ochenta. Los harmolódicos: El
maestro, part 2, in: Quartica Jazz, #19 (May/Jun.1987), p. 28-31 (F:
James Blood Ulmer)
- Gerhard Litterst: James "Blood" Ulmer - Annie Whitehead.
Schrill-rauhe Melodiescherben, in: Jazz Podium, 36/11 (Nov.1987), p. 30
(C)
1988:
- Lothar Jänichen: James "Blood" Ulmer/Annie Whitehead.
Eine spannungsvolle Kombination, in: Jazz Podium, 37/2 (Feb.1988), p. 26
(C)
- Ssirus W. Pakzad: James Blood Ulmer im Schlachthof, in:
Jazz-Zeitung, 13/5 (May 1988), p. 26 (C)
1989:
- J. Brinsfield: James Blood Ulmer - Original Phalanx / Revelation
Music Ensemble, in: Down Beat, 56/3 (Mar.1989), p. 29, 31 (R)
- Robin Tolleson: Return of the G-Men - Are You Ready to Dance, in:
Down Beat, 56/5 (May 1989), p. 38 (R)
1992:
- Simon Adams: James Blood Ulmer ... has travelled full circle, from
the blues to the outer reaches of harmolody and back again, in: Jazz
Journal, 45/9 (Sep.1992), p. 10-11 (F/I)
1993:
- Frédéric Bruckert: James Blood Ulmer et l'harmolodic diatonic funk.
Une musique futuriste entre jazz, punk et soul, in: Jazz Notes, #22
(Feb/Mar.1993), p. 15 (F)
- Alex Robinson: James "Blood" Ulmer. Blues Preacher, in:
Jazz Express, #152 (Apr.1993), p. 13 (F/I)
- Ben Ratcliff: James Blood Ulmer, in: Coda, #249 (May/Jun.1993), p.
18-21 (F)
- Katrin A. Kunze: Der Gitarrist auf der Kanzel. James Blood Ulmer und
die Sprache des Blues, in: Jazzthetik, 7-8/12-1 (Dec/Jan.1993/94), p.
44-46 (F/I)
1994:
- Howard Mandel: James Blood Ulmer. Tales of Captain Blood, in: Down
Beat, 61/4 (Apr.1994), p. 22, 24-25 (F/I)
- Bret Primack: Hearsay. James Blood Ulmer, in: Jazz Times, 24/4 (May
1994), p. 11 (F/I)
- C. Tabarini: James Blood Ulmer. Tales of Captain Black", in:
Viva la Musica, #162 (May 1994), p. 27 (F/T: "Revealing")
- Robert Hicks: James "Blood" Ulmer, in: Jazziz, 11/5
(Aug/Sep.1994), p. 55-56, 90 (F/I)
1996:
- Marc Peschke: Der dicke Daumen revolutionierte den Jazzrock. James "Blood"
Ulmer und seine Band im maäsig besuchten Frankfurter "Sinkkasten",
in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27.Apr.1996, p. 64 (C) [vert.file]
1998:
- Steve Holtje: Odd Man Out. Two decades since the epochal "Are You
Glad to Be in America?" album came out on Rough Trade, the music of
James Blood Ulmer continues to sculpt new forms out of blues, jazz,
funk, rock, and the esoteric music systems of his mentor, Ornette
Coleman, in: The Wire, #171 (May 1998), p. 22-25 (F/I)
- Reinhard Köchl: James Blood Ulmer, in: Jazzthetik, 12/7-8
(Jul/Aug.1998), p. 42-45 (F/I)
1999:
- Howard Mandel: Guitars and Goals Beyond, in: Howard Mandel: Future
Jazz, New York 1999 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 75-104 (F/I
with John McLaughlin, George Benson, John Scofield, James Blood
Ulmer)
2001:
- Howard Mandel: Stone Free. David Fiuczynski, Elliott Sharp, Jean-Paul
Bourelly and David Gilmore are part of a coterie of contemporary
avant-guitarists absorbing and raditating the influence of the
legendary Jimi Hendrix, in: Signal to Noise, #23 (fall 2001), p. 22- 27
(F/I with David Fiuczynski, Elliott Sharp, Jean-Paul Bourelly,
David Gilmore, James Blood Ulmer)
- Lucy Jackson: Blue Blood. The blues was forbidden to me all my life,
in: Jazziz, 18/11 (Nov.2001), p. 38-41 (F/I)
- Frank-John Hadley: Blood Rising. Ulmer Does Newport and Memphis, in:
Down Beat, 68/12 (Dec.2001), p. 54-55 (F/I)
2002:
- James Hale: James Blood Ulmer - "Memphis Blood. The Sun Sessions"
(Label M), in: Down Beat, 69/1 (Jan.2002), p. 6 (R)
- Glen Pendarvis: Live! Nothin' But the Blues. James 'Blood' Ulmer, The
Jazz Standard, New York, in: Jazziz, 19/9 (Sep.2002), p. 78 (C)
