Part Time (album)

Part Time
Live album by James Blood Ulmer
Released 1984
Recorded July 21, 1983
Venue Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length 32:21
Label Rough Trade
ROUGH 65
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Odyssey
(1983)Odyssey1983		 Part Time
(1984)		 Live at the Caravan of Dreams
(1985)Live at the Caravan of Dreams1985

Part Time is a live album by guitarist James Blood Ulmer with violinist Charlie Burnham and drummer Warren Benbrow which was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1983 and released on the Rough Trade label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert Christgau(B+)[3]

Robert Christgau said it was "Cut at Montreux around the time of Odyssey, Ulmer's strongest LP, this repeats four titles and is close to his weakest. The live recording dulls his sonic concept ... Which isn't to say he doesn't still outrock Pat Metheny"[3]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

  1. "Part Time" – 4:55
  2. "Little Red House" – 5:40
  3. "Love Dance" – 6:39
  4. "Encore" – 2:59
  5. "Are You Glad to Be in America?" – 3:38
  6. "Swings & Things" – 3:27
  7. "Mr. Tight Hat" – 5:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ James Blood Ulmer discography accessed January 11, 2018
  2. ↑ James Blood Ulmer – Part Time > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, R. Consumer Guide accessed January 11, 2018
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