No Wave is the debut album by James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, featuring saxophonist David Murray, bassist Amin Ali and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, recorded in 1980 and released on the German Moers Music label.[1][2][3]
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | June 1980 | |||
| Studio | Studio 57, Düsseldorf, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:27 | |||
| Label | Moers Music momu 01072 | |||
| Producer | Burkhard Hennen | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[5] |
The New York Times called the album "more a free-form jam session than a program of tightly arranged compositions and is the least successful of the guitarist's recordings."[6] Trouser Press deemed it "Ulmer's most inaccessible work and his least focused."[7] Robert Christgau noted that, "when David Murray starts to blow on the one they call 'Baby Talk', and not even over one of Jackson-Ali's funkier beats, it's fun, and a revelation."[5]
Track listing
editAll compositions by James Blood Ulmer
- "Time Table" – 10:00
- "Big Tree" – 8:45
- "Baby Talk" – 9:36
- "Sound Check" – 8:06
Personnel
edit- James Blood Ulmer - guitar
- David Murray - tenor saxophone
- Amin Ali - electric bass
- Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums, percussion
References
edit- ^ James Blood Ulmer discography accessed January 12, 2018
- ^ Moers Music catalog Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 12, 2018
- ^ David Murray Sessionography: 1980-1984, accessed January 12, 2018
- ^ Music Revelation Ensemble – No Wave > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Music Revelation Ensemble". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Palmer, Robert (4 Oct 1981). "A Very Special Guitarist". The New York Times. p. A29.
- ^ "James Blood Ulmer". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 November 2023.