Blues Preacher

Blues Preacher
Studio album by James Blood Ulmer
Released	1993
Recorded	September–November, 1992
Genre	Jazz
Label	DIW
Producer	Kazunori Sugiyama & James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Black and Blues (1990)Black and Blues1990 Blues Preacher (1992) Harmelodic Guitar and Strings (1993)Harmelodic Guitar and Strings1993
DIW Records Cover

Blues Preacher is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1992 and released on the Japanese DIW label and in the US on Columbia/DIW.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 1½ stars stating "Ulmer sticks to a harsh blues-rock groove, with many of the one-chord vamps sounding like they are leftovers from John Lee Hooker's repertoire. There are no harmolodics (and little jazz) to be heard on the CD, and this rather primitive music is to be recommended only to fans of Ulmer's shouting vocals.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. "Cheering" - 6:45
2. "Alone to Wonder" - 6:17
3. "Let Me Take You Home" - 5:15
4. "Who Let the Cat Out of the Bag?" - 4:37
5. "Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk the Preacher)" - 6:45
6. "Justice for Us All" - 5:05
7. "Nobody But You" - 5:40
8. "Blues Allnight" - 6:30
9. "Get Up" - 7:35
10. "Angel" - 7:05

• Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC in September through November, 1992

Personnel

• James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
• Mark E. Peterson - bass (tracks 1-9)
• Ronald Drayton - guitar (tracks 1-9)
• Aubrey Dayle - drums
• William "Spaceman" Patterson - synthesizer, drums, keyboards (track 10)
• Delmar Brown - keyboards (track 10)
• Irene Datcher - vocals (track 10)

References