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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Live at The Bottom Line, New York City - 1977 (audio only)

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson and The Midnight Band Live at The Bottom Line, New York City, Aug. 20th, 1977. _-Setlist:_ 00. intro 01. New Deal 02. Gumbai 03. Race Track In France 04. 95 South (All Of The Places We've Been) 05. Hello Sunday, Hello Road 06. It's Your World 07. Home Is Where the Hatred Is 08. Almost Lost Detroit 09. Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind) 10. Winter In America 11. Under The Hammer 12. The Bottle 13. Johannesburg _-Lineup:_ Gil Scott-Heron: Electric Piano, Vocals Brian Jackson: Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synths, Flute, Vocals Allan Barnes: Flute, Tenor Sax, Synthesizer Reggie Brisbane: Percussion, Drums Siggie Dillard: Bass Tony Duncanson: Timbales, Percussion, Djembe Delbert Taylor: Trumpet, Electric Piano (on "95 South" & "Home Is Where the Hatred Is") Barnett Williams: Djembe, Congas *Gil Scott-Heron* (1949 – 2011) Poet, Author, Jazz Musician, Songwriter & Composer. The American soul and jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron was someone who many musicians today recognize as the "godfather of hip-hop." He often wrote about inner-city poverty, racial injustice and the Vietnam War, and his work paved the way for rappers to get political in their music. According to his longtime friend and collaborator, Brian Jackson, Scott-Heron "could get inside of a story, inside of a set of feelings." _(www.cbc.ca)._ “The first revolution is when you change your mind,” a prolific statement by poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron. Best known for his signature spoken word piece, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil has released more than 20 albums and hundreds of compelling compositions that addressed profound social issues as well as the love, happiness and pain of the human condition. He arrived on the international stage simultaneously with various Black Arts Movement poets, including Amiri Baraka, Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez, and Nikki Giovanni. He shared their conviction that art must be functional and, therefore, as an artist and communal leader, he must embrace his role as a significant political voice inevitably committed to the liberation of black people. Gil was born on April 1, 1949 in Chicago Illinois to parents Bobbie Scott Heron, a librarian, and Giles, Heron, a Jamaican professional soccer player. When he was 18 months old, he went to live with his grandmother, Lily Scott, in Jackson. He grew up in Tennessee and in the Bronx. By age 13, Gil had written his first collection of poems. While attending DeWitt Clinton high school in the Bronx, his precocious writing talent was recognised by an English teacher, and he was recommended for a place at the prestigious Fieldston school. In 1966, he attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and received an M.S. in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University. In 1968, he published his first novel, The Vulture, a murder mystery whose central themes included the devastating effects of drugs on urban black life set in the ghetto. Encouraged to begin recording by legendary jazz producer Bob Thiele, who had worked with every major jazz great from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane, Gil released his debut album, Small Talk at 125th and Lennox (1970), inspired by a volume of poetry of the same name. After recording for Thiele’s Flying Dutchman Records until the mid-’70s. Following a dispute with the label, he moved on to record Winter in America ('74) for Strata East, then moved to Clive Davis’s Arista Records. He was the first artist signed by the newly formed company. As one of America’s most unique and inspiring voices, Gil’s work has influenced writers, academics and musicians, from indie rockers to hip-hop artists. His work was the template for subsequent African-American music genres, such as hip-hop, neo-soul, and nu-soul. He has been described by music writers as “The Godfather Of Rap”. On May 27, 2011, Gil Scott-Heron died in a Manhattan hospital. He was 62. _(recreate.ink)._ _Brian Jackson._ Profile: American soul/jazz keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, producer, and artist. Born: Oct. 11th, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. Jackson is well known for his collaborations in the 1970s with artist Gil Scott-Heron, with his Fender Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments prominently featuring in many of their compositions – most notably on tracks "The Bottle" and "Your Daddy Loves You", from their first official album collaboration "Winter In America" (1974). Between 1971 and 1980, they collaborated on some nine albums, initially on pioneering labels Flying Dutchman and Strata-East, later moving on to major Arista. He has released a project here and there, finally returning to prominence once again on the Jazz Is Dead project, specifically "Jazz Is Dead 8" (2021), then going on to release his album "This Is Brian Jackson" (2022) (discogs.com). (Photos by Gary L. Price). -- This is a NON-COMMERCIAL channel (not monetized). If you want me to REMOVE a video, mail me at: FunkSoulBluesRock@gmail.com --

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