Blue Blood is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 2000 and released on Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....

's Innerhythmic label in 2001. The album features performances by Ulmer with Laswell, Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell

George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...

, Jerome Brailey, and Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers in Blackwell, Arkansas; is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and musical arranger.-Biography:...

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "there is a deep nighttime feeling to this disc; there are few tracks featuring the fire-spitting, wood-splintering knot-like runs that come flailing off the strings and melt the brain of the listener. This is a riff- and song-oriented recording (yes, there are vocals) that accent the blues and gospel side of Ulmer's playing... There are one or two misses here, but they're no big deal compared to the wealth of good stuff".

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated

1. "O Gentle One" - 6:06
2. "As It Is" (Jerome Brailey, Bill Laswell, Ulmer) - 5:25
3. "99 Names" (Traditional arranged Ulmer) - 4:55
4. "On and On" (Jamal Cantero, Erica Wright) - 3:56
5. "Pull on up to Love" - 4:46
6. "Momentarily" (Brailey, Laswell, Ulmer) - 5:56
7. "We Got to Get Together" - 5:28
8. "I Can Tell" - 4:42
9. "Home Alone" - 6:59
   • Recorded at Orange Music, Orange NJ

Personnel

• James Blood Ulmer - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
   - bass
  Electric Bass
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• Bernie Worrell
  Bernie Worrell
  George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
  
  , Amina Claudine Myers
  Amina Claudine Myers
  Amina Claudine Myers in Blackwell, Arkansas; is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and musical arranger.-Biography:...
  
   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Jerome Bigfoot Brailey - drums
  Drum kit
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