James Blood Ulmer is quite an exceptional musician. As the first guitarist to play with legendary jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman in the 1970s, he adapted harmolodics, a style of free jazz pioneered by Coleman involving simultaneous improvisations on a single line of melody, to the six strings and came up with an angular style with a surprisingly long-distance reach.…
James Blood Ulmer is quite an exceptional musician. As the first guitarist to play with legendary jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman in the 1970s, he adapted harmolodics, a style of free jazz pioneered by Coleman involving simultaneous improvisations on a single line of melody, to the six strings and came up with an angular style with a surprisingly long-distance reach.…