One of the first and best free jazz/funk bands. On
No Wave, its 1980 Moers Music debut, the band was comprised of
James "Blood" Ulmer (guitar),
David Murray (tenor saxophone),
Amin Ali (electric bass), and
Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums). The
MRE became
Ulmer's baby since he has been the only constant throughout the group's two decades of existence;
Murray has made a couple of returns, and
Jackson has been in and out. The lineup of the group changed from album to album, especially in the late '90s.
Pharoah Sanders and
John Zorn recorded with the band (
Crossfire), as did
Hamiet Bluiett and
Arthur Blythe (
Knights of Power). Drummer
Cornell Rochester succeeded
Jackson early on, and
Jamaaladeen Tacuma replaced
Ali for a time. The band has remained reasonably vital thanks to
Ulmer, but one can be excused for preferring their early records, made when
Ornette Coleman's
Dancing in Your Head was still fresh in listeners' ears. AMG.
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