those two are up there with the Bad Brains (who are the undisputed #1) on my great bands of the 1980s list
James Blood Ulmer’s
Black Rock group is one of my all time favorite bands
like Fishbone
their greatness was never caught on tape
They were a “You Had To Be There” band
Melvin Gibbs
Melvin Gibbs
I wasn't a fan of everything he did - the harmolodic "free funk" records never sounded good to me - but the Odyssey trio and the Music Revelation Ensemble albums, where he teamed up with saxophonists like David Murray, Arthur Blythe, and Pharoah Sanders and really let rip, are great.
