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Gil Scott-Heron was a Chicago poet and novelist who turned musician and
predated rap music with his spoken-word pieces.
Accompanied by keyboardist and flutist Brian Jackson, Scott-Heron made an album
of his poems,
Small Talk At 125th & Lenox Ave (Flying Dutchman, 1970), which includes
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and
Whitey On The Moon.
The duo's Miles Davis-inspired fusion of jazz, funk and rock,
and Scott-Heron's Phil Ochs-inspired agit-prop
lyrics reached maturity on
Pieces Of A Man (april 1971 - Flying Dutchman, 1971), that includes
Lady Day And John Coltrane and
Home Is Where The Hatred Is.
Free Will (march 1972 - Flying Dutchman, 1972) was relatively uneventful, but
Winter In America (october 1973 - Strata-East, 1974) turned out to be his first
"musical" statement, with fluid songs such as The Bottle (that borrows a
Caribbean rhythm).
The First Minute Of A New Day (august 1974 - Arista, 1975) introduced a real band.
From South Africa To South Carolina (Arista, 1975) contains the
anti-apartheid sermon Johannesburg.
Bridges (Arista, 1977) has the nuclear farce We Almost Lost Detroit.
It's Your World (july 1976) was the last album with Brian Jackson.
Without Jackson, the poet recorded Secrets (Arista, 1978), that contains
Angel Dust,
The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron (Arista, 1979), with
H2O Gate Blues,
1980 (october 1979 - Arista, 1980),
Real Eyes (Arista, 1980),
Reflections (june 1981 - Arista, 1981),
Moving Target (Arista, 1982), with
Blue Collar and Black History,
Tales (Peak Top, 1990),
Minister Of Information (Peak Top, 1994),
Spirits (TvT, 1994), whose highlight is the three-movement
suite The Other Side, "sung" from the viewpoint of an addict.
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