On October 20, 1998, “DIW” label release “Forbidden Blues”, the 14^th James Blood Ulmer album. It was recorded July – September 1996, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Kazunori Sugiyama and James Blood Ulmer.

Personnel:

• James Blood Ulmer – vocals, guitar, flute
• Michael Musutafa – keyboards 
• Calvin X Jones – acoustic bass 
• Amin Ali – electric bass 
• Calvin Weston – drums
• Charles Burnham – violin 
• Dana Manno – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by James Blood Ulmer

1. What Is
2. Forbidden Blues
3. Eviction
4. Do You Wanna
5. Forget Not
6. High Yellow
7. Hymn
8. We Got to Get Together
9. Inspiration