SFJAZZ: James Blood Ulmer

When

  • Sunday
  • Mar. 11, 2012
  • 6:00 PM

Description

Guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer stands out as a revolutionary figure, possessing a gutsy, soulful, and ferociously gritty sound redolent of the pungent red clay of his childhood in South Carolina. After his 1971 arrival in New York, Ulmer quickly earned a reputation working with heavyweights like Art Blakey, Joe Henderson and Larry Young. But it was his breakthrough gig with Ornette Coleman that moved Ulmer to the forefront of the scene, with a gutbucket blues-drenched attack perfectly suited for Coleman's ensemble. More recently, Ulmer has fully embraced the blues tradition with a string of sessions produced by fellow guitar iconoclast Vernon Reid, of Living Colour fame. Ulmer's latest CD is the uncompromising Rock In Blues. Playing solo, as he will on this SFJAZZ date, James "Blood" Ulmer reveals the indomitable heart of a master, unadorned.

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Website

http://ybca.org/calendar?date[min][year]=2012&date[min][month]=3&date[min][day]=9&date[max][year]=2012&date[max][month]=3&date[max][day]=9&field_event_discipline_nid=All

Phone

415-978-2700

Where

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103


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