Forbidden Blues is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1996 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1998.[1]

Forbidden Blues
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 1998
RecordedJuly 30, 31 & September 8, 1996
GenreJazz
Length51:34
LabelDIW
ProducerKazunori Sugiyama & James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Music Speaks Louder Than Words
(1996)
Forbidden Blues
(1998)
Cross Fire
(1997)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated, "For those seeking to listen to the continuing development of James Ulmer as a musician, there are projects like this one, that pick up where his Odyssey recordings leave off, and where the Blues Preacher and Blues Allnight recordings, flawed as they are, tried to direct our attention. This is jazz that embraces the spectrum of black music and holds within it the possibility for magic at each and every turn".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Track listing

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All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

  1. "What Is" – 4:40
  2. "Forbidden Blues" – 5:56
  3. "Eviction" – 6:36
  4. "Do You Wanna" – 6:47
  5. "Forget Not" – 5:33
  6. "High Yellow" – 5:07
  7. "Hymn" – 5:52
  8. "We Got to Get Together" – 6:15
  9. "Inspiration" – 4:49

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ James Blood Ulmer discography Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 16, 2010
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 16, 2010