Description
Gil Scott-Heron was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson fused jazz, blues and soul with lyrics relative to social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. He referred to himself as a ""bluesologist"", his own term for ""a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues"". His poem ""The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.
Tracklist:
- Intro
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Gil's Opening Speech
- Down Down Downtown
- The Spirit of the Drum
- Pirate Love
- Hello Sunday, Hello Road!
- Pills
- 95-South
- Teenage News (All of the Places We've Been)
- Personality Crisis
- We Almost Lost Detroit
- Looking for a Kiss
- Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- Band Introductions
- Song of the Wind
- Band Introductions, the Bottle
- Johannesburg
UPC: 3700477841348
Label: Lmlr
Release Date: 10.30.26
Format: CD
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