Are You Glad to Be in America?

by James 'Blood' Ulmer

Are You Glad to Be in America? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Rough Trade, Artists House
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 9:06
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

James 'Blood' Ulmer's 'Are You Glad to Be in America?' is a compact statement of his harmolodic guitar language in a funk-driven band context. The album connects Ornette Coleman's influence with downtown New York rhythm, punk energy, and angular electric jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Rhythmic, Dissonant, Instrumental, Improvisation, Bassy, funky, guitars, rhythmic, avant-garde, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Layout
  2. Pressure
  3. Interview
  4. Jazz Is The Teacher (Funk Is The Preacher)
  5. See-Through
  6. Time Out
  7. T.V. Blues
  8. Light Eyed
  9. Revelation March
  10. Are You Glad To Be In America?

Credits

  • James Blood Ulmer - primary artist, guitar, mixed by, producer, written-by, arranged by
  • Oliver Lake - alto saxophone
  • Calvin Weston - drums
  • Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums
  • Amin Ali - electric bass
  • Skipper Kidron - engineer [mixing]
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Geoff Travis - mixed by
  • Mayo Thompson - mixed by, producer [assistant]
  • Roger Trilling - mixed by, producer [assistant]
  • Billy "Spaceman" Patterson - rhythm guitar
  • David Murray - tenor saxophone
  • Olu Dara - trumpet

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