List Price: $29.49		Publisher: Psp Salesrank: 319186 Released: 1998-04-02
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Tracklisting:
1. Open House
2. Black Rock
3. Moonbeam
4. Family Affair
5. More Blood
6. Love Has Two Faces
7. Overnight
8. Fun House
9. We Bop

Customer Reviews:
THIS IS NOT HENDRIX
I ALWAYS LAUGH AT THE WAY PEOPLE REVIEW ANY RELEASE BY A BLACK GUITARIST. THEY ALMOST ALWAYS REFER TO COMPARISONS WITH JIMI HENDRIX. LET ME STRAIGHTEN EVERYONE OUT ON THIS…HERE ARE THE COMPARISONS…MR. ULMER IS A GUITARIST AND HE IS BLACK. THAT’S IT. THERE IS NO - AND I REPEAT - NO COMPARISON WITH JIMI. ANY FIRST TIME LISTENER WILL HEAR THAT. SO DON’T BE SUCKED INTO THINKING THIS IS HENDRIX-LIKE MUSIC. IT IS,HOWEVER, MIND BLOWING STUFF AND THERE IS REALLY NO WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS MUSIC EXCEPT LISTEN AND HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND YOU WILL PLAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE IT, IT WOULD BE FUNK FROM BLACK MARTIANS. THAT’S ABOUT IT. (AND IF YOU WANT HENDRIX COMPARISONS LOOK FOR RONNIE DRAYTON, THE SECOND GUITARIST ON THIS ALBUM - HE USED TO PLAY WITH NONA HENDRYX.)

"black rock" rocks
at last "black rock" is on cd.Ulmer combines funk, rock and free jazz into one unbelievable sound.his music is probably more accessible to rock fans but i recommend it to everyone who wants to hear unique high intensity music.i also recommend "tales of captain black", "are you glad to be in america?" and anything Ulmer did with music revelation ensemble. i hope that the album "free lancing", which Ulmer released prior to "black rock",will be released on cd also.

Intense Rock that blows you away
If you are not familiar with James Blood Ulmer, you are certainly missing an important artist in your collection. This particular albumn is his best work though I would recommend some of his other albumns as well. With Calvin Weston as one of two drummers, the music drives forward at a frenetic pace, while Ulmer dives in and out with short riffs. Irene Datcher, who sings on a few of the cuts with the gravel voiced Ulmer, has the vocal power to rise above the busy music and is a real stand out. When it comes to guitar mastery, James Blood Ulmer should be better known. Pay particular attention to his work with the waw waw pedel. This album is not for the faint of heart, Ulmer’s melding of Harmonolodic Jazz (a la Coleman) and rock takes some listening effort. I suggest that the listener relax and focus on James’ Guitar as the rest of the band comes at you like a steamroller.