Original Phalanx

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Original Phalanx
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Studio album by Phalanx
Released 1987
Recorded February 13 & 14, 1987
Studio Sound Ideas, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length55:31
Label DIW
DIW-8013
Producer Kazunori Sugiyama
Phalanx chronology
Got Something Good for You
(1986) Got Something Good for You1986		Original Phalanx
(1987)		 In Touch
(1988) In Touch1988
James Blood Ulmer chronology
America – Do You Remember the Love?
(1987) America – Do You Remember the Love?1987		Original Phalanx
(1987) String Module Error: Match not found1987		 Music Revelation Ensemble
(1988) Music Revelation Ensemble1988
George Adams chronology
Breakthrough
(1986) Breakthrough1986		Original Phalanx
(1987) String Module Error: Match not found1987		 Song Everlasting
(1987) Song Everlasting1987

Original Phalanx is an album by James Blood Ulmer and George Adams' band Phalanx which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Japanese DIW label. [1] [2] [3]

James Blood Ulmer American jazz and blues guitarist and singer

James "Blood" Ulmer is an American jazz, free funk and blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer plays a Gibson Byrdland guitar. His guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging". His singing has been called "raggedly soulful".

George Adams (musician) musician

George Rufus Adams was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen, featuring bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Dannie Richmond. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing.

Phalanx was a jazz quartet featuring guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, drummer Rashied Ali, tenor saxophonist George Adams, and bassist Sirone. They released three albums in the 1980s, two for DIW Records.

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Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except where noted

  1. "Song Number One" – 7:34
  2. "Free Spirit" (Sirone) – 7:16
  3. "House on 13th Street" (George Adams) – 6:15
  4. "Troublemaker" – 8:13
  5. "Angel Love" (Sirone) – 9:02
  6. "A Smile" (Adams) – 6:04 Additional track on CD release
  7. "Playground" (Adams) – 11:07

Personnel

Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.

Rashied Ali American jazz musician

Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson was an American free jazz and avant-garde drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life.

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References

  1. ↑ James Blood Ulmer discography accessed January 12, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: DIW Records LPs 8001-8043 accessed January 12, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: George Adams discography, accessed January 12, 2018
  4. ↑ Phalanx – Original Phalanx > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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