James Blood Ulmer, Innovative Guitarist Who Fused the Avant-Garde to Blues, Dead at 86
Applying lessons from Ornette Coleman to popular music, Ulmer was a true original
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4 headlinesJames Blood Ullmer, Pioneering Funk and Jazz Guitarist, Dies art 86
“His music was fearless, and so was his spirit,” his family said in a statement
James Blood Ulmer, adventurous US guitarist and vocalist, dies aged 86
Musician who spliced jazz, funk and blues, including in a spell on a major label in the early 1980s, was celebrated as ‘fearless’ by his family James Blood Ulmer, the US guitarist celebrated for his avant garde splicing of jazz, blues and funk, has died aged 86. A statement on social media said ...
‘We were going off the cliff’: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil on inventing grunge – and losing Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain
As he publishes a memoir, the pioneering guitarist talks about rejecting spandex and hair metal, his fears for breakthrough hit Black Hole Sun – and completing nine unfinished Soundgarden songs Kim Thayil has always felt like an outsider. For example: the Soundgarden guitarist has lived in Seatt...