In the Name of...

In the Name of... is an album by James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, with guest saxophonist Sam Rivers, Arthur Blythe and Hamiet Bluiett, recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese DIW label.[1]

In the Name of...
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedDecember 6 & 7, 1993
StudioEast Side Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length59:49
LabelDIW
DIW 885
ProducerJames Blood Ulmer & Kazunori Sugiyama
Music Revelation Ensemble chronology
After Dark
(1992)
In the Name of...
(1994)
Knights of Power
(1996)
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Harmolodic Guitar with Strings
(1993)
In the Name of...
(1994)
Live at the Bayerischer Hof
(1994)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA-[3]

AllMusic reviewer Bret Love wrote, "The extremely busy soloing and dissonant arrangements may prove taxing for casual jazz fans, but In the Name Of... is sure to please fans of the free jazz sound".[2] Critic Robert Christgau awarded the album an "A-".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

  1. "In Time" – 8:10
  2. "Non-Believer" – 10:38
  3. "The Dawn" – 8:09
  4. "Mankind" – 9:28
  5. "Help" – 8:37
  6. "Abundance" – 6:13
  7. "Purity" – 7:49

Personnel

References

  1. James Blood Ulmer discography, accessed July 11, 2014
  2. Love, B., Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2014
  3. Christgau, R. Christgau Consumer Guide, accessed July 11, 2014
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