Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions

Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions

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Some of his previous work hinted that free-jazz guitarist James Blood Ulmer could do something interesting in the blues form, but Memphis Blood may surprise his admirers with its impressive display of respect and knowledge in a set of much-loved blues from the repertoires of Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker and, above all, Howlin' Wolf, the point of origin of five of the selections. There is nothing invariable about the Ulmerising process: the bursts of noise guitar in "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)" are outnumbered by the less dramatic, more conventional Chicago blues arrangements of "Little Red Rooster," "Evil," and Otis Rush's "Double Trouble," and a long but compelling reading of Son House's "Death Letter." David Barnes's harmonica and producer Vernon Reid's guitar are stylistically right on the money, too, but the album's chief revelation is that Ulmer is a natural blues singer. --Tony Russell

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