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James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
browse: guitarists, singers, jazz musicians
dead
- born
- 1940
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 86
- known for
- guitarist, singer, jazz musician
1940 β 2026

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who james blood ulmer is
Willie James "Blood" Ulmer was an American jazz, free funk and blues guitarist and singer. He played a Gibson Byrdland guitar. His guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging". An article by journalists Peter Margasak and Graham Flashner called Ulmer's singing "raggedly soulful".
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