Legendary jazz and blues guitarist James Blood Ulmer will appear as part of MY ID Project along with Aubrey Dayle and Ron Jackson. Ulmer is renowned for his distinct combination of free style jazz with bottom bumping funk and gut-bucket blues. Ulmer has recorded with Ornette Coleman, Rashied Ali, David Murray and Oliver Lake.
Joining James will be Nationally acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Ron Jackson. Jackson's resume is so vast it is hard to capture it all on paper. He was the winner of the 1996 Heritage Guitars International Jazz Guitar Competition, his recordings have featured prominent sideman like pianists; Benny Green and Lafayette Harris, Bassist; Lonnie Plaxico, Essiet Essiet, Drummers; Cecil Brooks III, Dion Parson and Yoron Israel. His working unit has included drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith and pianist Mulgrew Miller among others. He has also performed and recorded with such jazz greats as Jimmy Mcgriff, Benny Golson, James Spaulding. The Boys Choir of Harlem, TK Blue, Melvin Rhyne, Oliver Lake, Jaki Byard, The Mingus Guitar Tribute Band, Jimmy Cobb, John Hicks, Cissy Houston, Ralph Peterson, Russell Malone, Larry Coryell, Jack Wilkins, Don Braden, Craig Handy, David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Bernard Purdie, Hank Jones, Gary Bartz, Ron Blake, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Ron Carter, Kenny Drew Jr., Olantunji, Randy Weston, Rufus Reid. Ron has toured the US with fellow guitarists Larry Coryell and David Gilmore.
Date: November 13, 2004 Time: Doors Open at 8pm Ticket: $15.00 in Advance $20 at Door Venue: La Sala Rossa 4848 boul. St-Laurent Montreal, QC H2T 1R6 Info: 514.241.7199 or 514.993.3112
Tickets Available at: Admissions 514.790.1245 Cheap Thrills 514.844.8988 Casa De Popolo 514.284.0122 Marche Colonade 514.624.7689 CD Esotherique 514.937.5192
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