South Delta Space Age

South Delta Space Age
Studio album by Third Rail
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Studio	Greenpoint Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:34
Label	Antilles 533 965
Producer	Bill Laswell, James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer chronology
Live at the Bayerischer Hof (1994) South Delta Space Age (1995) Knights of Power (1996)

South Delta Space Age is an album by the band Third Rail, featuring guitarist James Blood Ulmer, bassist Bill Laswell, drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, and organists Amina Claudine Myers and Bernie Worrell. It was recorded in 1995 and released on the Antilles label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic gave the album 41⁄2 stars, and the review by Stewart Mason stated, "The first album by the James Blood Ulmer and Bill Laswell collaboration Third Rail is a sometimes confusing mishmash of styles; however, given the title, it appears that the juxtaposition of dirty blues-based grooves and spacey psychedelic jazz-funk is entirely intentional. Whether or not the combination is entirely satisfying is up to the listener, but while the album occasionally seems to have more ideas than it knows what to do with, most of them do work".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except where noted

1. "Dusted" (James Blood Ulmer, Jesse Bonds Weaver, Jr., Bill Laswell) – 7:07
2. "Grounded" (Ulmer, Joseph Modeliste, Laswell) – 4:26
3. "Funk All Night" – 4:51
4. "In The Name Of" – 5:17
5. "Please Tell Her" – 3:55
6. "Itchin'" – 4:48
7. "Blues March" (Ulmer, Modeliste) – 7:45
8. "First Blood" – 5:22
9. "Lord Thank You" – 8:03

Personnel

• James "Blood" Ulmer – guitar, vocals
• Bill Laswell − bass
• Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste – drums, percussion
• Bernie Worrell − Hammond B-3 organ, clavinet
• Amina Claudine Myers − Hammond B-3 organ, electric piano, voice

References

1. James Blood Ulmer discography accessed January 15, 2018
2. Bill Laswell discography accessed January 15, 2018
3. Mason, Stewart. Third Rail – South Delta Space Age > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2018.