The song originally appears on the James Ulmer's 1980 album "Are You Glad to Be in America?". James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 2, 1942 in St. Matthews, South Carolina) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer.

John Snyder & James "Blood" Ulmer.

Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC on January 17, 1980. Mixed at Sound On Sound, NYC on November 3 & 4, 1994 Mastered at Foothill Digital, NYC Originally released on LP in 1980 by Rough Trade.

In 1972, Ornette Coleman took guitarist James Blood Ulmer under his wing and taught Ulmer the principles of harmolodics, a musical system that treats the elements of harmony, rhythm, and melody equally. On Are You Glad to Be in America?, it drives a series of group improvisations that are simultaneously complex and direct. The sound of Are You Glad? is largely defined by its rhythm section: G. Calvin Weston and Ronald Shannon Jackson's propulsive drumming, Amin Ali's kinetic bass, and Ulmer's tightly wound guitar.

Studio Album, released in 1980. Songs, Tracks Listing. A1 Layout A2 Pressure A3 Interview A4 Jazz Is The Teacher (Funk Is The Preacher) A5 See-Through B1 Time Out B2 . Blues B3 Light Eyed B4 Revelation March B5 Are You Glad To Be In America? Line-up, Musicians. Bass - Amin Ali Drums - G. Calvin Weston , Ronald Shannon Jackson Guitar - James 'Blood' Ulmer Saxophone - Oliver Lake Saxophone - David Murray Trumpet - Olu Dara. Releases information. Recorded 17 January 1980, NYC.

Trouser Press describes Are You Glad to Be in America? as an "exceptionally fine" album that "reveals a staggering understanding of the roots of jazz, dance music, Eastern polyrhythms and harmolodic textures in a lively sound mi. .he music fairly crackles. All compositions by James Blood Ulmer.

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Label: DIW ‎– DIW-400 Type: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Date of released: 22 Apr 1995 Category: Jazz, Rock, Funk, Soul Style: Free Jazz, Blues Rock, Jazz-Funk, Free Funk. James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be In America? MP3 version. 1455 downloads at 15 mb/s. James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be In America? FLAC version. 1915 downloads at 11 mb/s. Electric Bass – Amin Ali. Engineer – Devon Lemke. Executive-Producer – DIW, Disk Union. Guitar – James Blood Ulmer. Liner Notes – Howard Mandel. Liner Notes – 小野島 大.

No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in and released on the Hyena label in 2003. The album features Ulmer covering ten blues standards and two of his own compositions including "Are You Glad to Be in America?" recorded at Electric Lady Studios.

length: 5:03 producer: James Blood Ulmer and John Snyder mixer: Adam Kidron alto saxophone: Oliver Lake membranophone: Grant Calvin Weston and Ronald Shannon Jackson guitar: James Blood Ulmer tenor saxophone: David Murray. length: 3:49 producer: John Snyder and James Blood Ulmer mixer: Adam Kidron membranophone: Ronald Shannon Jackson and Grant Calvin Weston guitar: James Blood Ulmer tenor saxophone: David Murray.