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. Black and BluesGilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American and, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician featured a musical fusion of, and, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both and vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was 'bluesologist', which he defined as 'a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues'.His music, most notably on the albums and in the early 1970s, influenced and foreshadowed later genres such as. Scott-Heron is considered by many to be the first rapper/MC ever.
His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially one of his best-known compositions, '. 's John Bush called him 'one of the most important progenitors of,' stating that 'his aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the charts later in his career.' Scott-Heron remained active until his death, and in 2010 released his first new album in 16 years, entitled. A memoir he had been working on for years up to the time of his death, The Last Holiday, was published posthumously in January 2012. Scott-Heron received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
He also is included in the exhibits at the (NMAAHC) that officially opened on September 24, 2016, on the National Mall, and in an NMAAHC publication, Dream a World Anew. Contents.Early years Gil Scott-Heron was born in, Illinois.
His mother, Bobbie Scott, was an opera singer who performed with the New York Oratorio Society. Scott-Heron's father, nicknamed 'The Black Arrow', was a Jamaican soccer player in the 1950s who became the first black man to play for in. Gil's parents separated in his early childhood and he was sent to live with his maternal grandmother, Lillie Scott, in. When Scott-Heron was 12 years old, his grandmother died and he returned to live with his mother in in. He enrolled at, but later transferred to after impressing the head of the English department with one of his writings and earning a full scholarship. As one of five black students at the prestigious school, Scott-Heron was faced with alienation and a significant socioeconomic gap.
During his admissions interview at Fieldston, an administrator asked him, 'How would you feel if you see one of your classmates go by in a limousine while you're walking up the hill from the subway?' And he said, 'Same way as you. Y'all can't afford no limousine. How do you feel?'
' This type of intractable boldness would become a hallmark of Scott-Heron's later recordings.After completing his secondary education, Scott-Heron decided to attend in because (his most important literary influence) was an alumnus. It was here that Scott-Heron met with whom he formed the band Black & Blues. After about two years at Lincoln, Scott-Heron took a year off to write the novels The Vulture and The Nigger Factory.
Scott-Heron was very heavily influenced by the., a group associated with the performed at Lincoln in 1969 and of that Harlem group said Scott-Heron asked him after the performance, 'Listen, can I start a group like you guys?' Scott-Heron returned to New York City, settling in. The Vulture was published by the in 1970 to positive reviews.Although Scott-Heron never completed his undergraduate degree, he was admitted to the at, where he received an in creative writing in 1972. His master's thesis was titled Circle of Stone. Beginning in 1972, Scott-Heron taught literature and creative writing for several years as a full-time lecturer at in while maintaining his music career.
Recording career Scott-Heron began his recording career in 1970 with the. Of produced the album, and Scott-Heron was accompanied by and on and David Barnes on percussion and vocals.
The album's 14 tracks dealt with themes such as the superficiality of television and mass consumerism, the hypocrisy of some would-be black revolutionaries, and white middle-class ignorance of the difficulties faced by inner-city residents. In the liner notes, Scott-Heron acknowledged as influences, and long-time collaborator.Scott-Heron's 1971 album used more conventional song structures than the loose, feel of Small Talk. He was joined by Jackson, Johnny Pate as conductor, on and bass guitar, drummer, Burt Jones playing electric guitar, and on and saxophone, with Thiele producing again. Scott-Heron's third album, Free Will, was released in 1972. Jackson, Purdie, Laws, Knowles, and Saunders all returned to play on and were joined by playing, on guitar, and (arranger and conductor). Carter later said about Scott-Heron's voice: 'He wasn't a great singer, but, with that voice, if he had whispered it would have been dynamic.
It was a voice like you would have for Shakespeare.' 'Johannesburg', a single in 1975 and again in 1983Problems playing this file? See.1974 saw another LP collaboration with Brian Jackson, the critically acclaimed opus, with Bob Adams on drums and Danny Bowens on bass.
The album contained Scott-Heron's most cohesive material and featured more of Jackson's creative input than his previous albums had. Winter in America has been regarded by many critics as the two musicians' most artistic effort. The following year, Scott-Heron and Jackson released. 1975 saw the release of the single 'Johannesburg', a rallying cry to the issue of in South Africa. The song would be re-issued, in 12'-single form, together with 'Waiting for the Axe to Fall' and 'B-movie' in 1983.A live album, followed in 1976 and a recording of spoken poetry, The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron, was released in 1978.
Another success followed with the hit single 'Angel Dust', which he recorded as a single with producer. 'Angel Dust' peaked at No. 15 on the charts in 1978.In 1979, Scott-Heron played at the No Nukes concerts at.
The concerts were organized by to protest the use of following the. Scott-Heron's song, 'We Almost Lost Detroit' was included in the album of concert highlights. It alluded to a previous nuclear power plant accident and was also the title of a book. Scott-Heron was a frequent critic of President and his conservative policies.Scott-Heron recorded and released four albums during the 1980s: 1980 and Real Eyes (1980), Reflections (1981) and Moving Target (1982). In February 1982, joined the ensemble to play. He toured extensively with Scott-Heron and contributed to his next album, Moving Target the same year.
His tenor accompaniment is a prominent feature of the songs 'Fast Lane' and 'Black History/The World'. Holloway continued with Scott-Heron until the summer of 1989, when he left to join. Several years later, Scott-Heron would make cameo appearances on two of Ron Holloway's CDs; Scorcher (1996) and Groove Update (1998), both on the Fantasy/Milestone label.Scott-Heron was dropped by in 1985 and quit recording, though he continued to tour. The same year he helped compose and sang 'Let Me See Your I.D.' On the album, containing the famous line, 'The first time I heard there was trouble in the Middle East, I thought they were talking about Pittsburgh'. The song compares racial tensions in the U.S.
With those in apartheid-era South Africa, implying that the U.S. Was not too far ahead in race relations.
In 1993, he signed to and released Spirits, an album that included the seminal track 'Message to the Messengers'. The first track on the album criticized the rap artists of the day. Scott-Heron is known in many circles as 'the Godfather of ' and is widely considered to be one of the genre's founding fathers. Given the political consciousness that lies at the foundation of his work, he can also be called a founder of. Message to the Messengers was a plea for the new generation of rappers to speak for change rather than perpetuate the current social situation, and to be more articulate and artistic.
Regarding hip hop music in the 1990s, he said in an interview:They need to study music. I played in several bands before I began my career as a poet. There's a big difference between putting words over some music, and blending those same words into the music. There's not a lot of humor.
They use a lot of slang and colloquialisms, and you don't really see inside the person. Instead, you just get a lot of posturing. Scott-Heron performing at the in, 2009In 2001, Scott-Heron was sentenced to one to three years imprisonment in a prison for possession of.
While out of jail in 2002, he appeared on the album. He was released on in 2003, the year broadcast the documentary Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised—Scott-Heron was arrested for possession of a crack pipe during the editing of the film in October 2003 and received a six-month prison sentence.On July 5, 2006, Scott-Heron was sentenced to two to four years in a New York State prison for violating a plea deal on a drug-possession charge by leaving a.
He claimed that he left because the clinic refused to supply him with HIV medication. This story led to the presumption that the artist was, subsequently confirmed in a 2008 interview. Originally sentenced to serve until July 13, 2009, he was paroled on May 23, 2007.After his release, Scott-Heron began performing live again, starting with a show at SOB's restaurant and nightclub in New York on September 13, 2007. On stage, he stated that he and his musicians were working on a new album and that he had resumed writing a book titled The Last Holiday, previously on long-term hiatus, about and his successful attempt to have the birthday of declared a federally recognized holiday in the United States.dedicated a collection of poetry to Scott-Heron titled Ordinary Guy that contained a foreword by of.
Scott-Heron recorded one of the poems in Nasir's book entitled Black & Blue in 2006.In April 2009, on, poet presented a half-hour documentary on Gil Scott-Heron entitled Pieces of a Man, having interviewed Gil Scott-Heron in New York a month earlier. Pieces of a Man was the first UK announcement from Scott-Heron of his forthcoming album and return to form. In November 2009, the BBC's interviewed Scott-Heron for a feature titled The Legendary Godfather of Rap Returns. In 2009, a new Gil Scott-Heron website, gilscottheron.net, was launched with a new track 'Where Did the Night Go' made available as a free download from the site.In 2010, Scott-Heron was booked to perform in, Israel, but this attracted criticism from pro-Palestinian activists, who stated: 'Your performance in Israel would be the equivalent to having performed in during South Africa's apartheid era. We hope that you will not play apartheid Israel'.
Scott-Heron responded by canceling the performance. I'm New Here. 'Gil Scott-Heron released poems as songs, recorded songs that were based on his earliest poems and writings, wrote novels and became a hero to many for his music, activism and his anger. There is always the anger – an often beautiful, passionate anger. An often awkward anger. A very soulful anger. And often it is a very sad anger.
But it is the pervasive mood, theme and feeling within his work – and around his work, hovering, piercing, occasionally weighing down; often lifting the work up, helping to place it in your face. And for all the preaching and warning signs in his work, the last two decades of Gil Scott-Heron's life to date have seen him succumb to the pressures and demons he has so often warned others about.'
–, February 2010Scott-Heron died on the afternoon of May 27, 2011, at, New York City, after becoming ill upon returning from a European trip. Scott-Heron had confirmed previous press speculation about his health, when he disclosed in a 2008 New York Magazine interview that he had been HIV-positive for several years, and that he had been previously hospitalized for. Artist painted this commemorative on the side of a building.He was survived by his firstborn daughter, Raquiyah 'Nia' Kelly Heron, from his relationship with Pat Kelly; his son Rumal Rackley, from his relationship with; daughter Gia Scott-Heron, from his marriage to; and daughter Chegianna Newton, who was 13 years old at the time of her father's death. He is also survived by his sister Gayle; brother Denis Heron, who once managed Scott-Heron; his uncle, Roy Heron; and nephew Terrance Kelly, an actor and rapper who performs as, and who was a member of.Before his death, Scott-Heron had been in talks with Portuguese director to participate in his film as a screenwriter, composer and actor.After Scott-Heron's death, told 's of the kindness that Scott-Heron had showed him throughout his adult life since meeting the poet back stage at a gig in Liverpool in 1984. The covered the story on their program with, which took the story global.
It was subsequently covered in other media such as BBC Radio 4's, where jazz musician paid tribute to Gil, and was mentioned the U.S. Malik & the O.G's performed a tribute to Scott-Heron at the in 2013 with jazz composer of The and Rod Youngs from Gil's band The.
Another tribute was performed at St. Georges Hall in Liverpool on August 27, 2015, called 'The Revolution will be Live!'
, curated by Malik Al Nasir and Richard McGinnis for Yesternight Productions. The event featured, Malik & the O.G's, Sophia Ben-Yousef and as well as DJ 2Kind and poet, actor, and radio DJ. The tribute was the opening event for 2015 Liverpool International Music Festival.In response to Scott-Heron's death, 's stated 'RIP GSH.and we do what we do and how we do because of you' on his Twitter account.
His UK publisher, Jamie Byng, called him 'one of the most inspiring people I've ever met'. On hearing of the death, R&B singer stated: 'I just learned of the loss of a very important poet.R.I.P., Gil Scott-Heron. The revolution will be live!!' Richard Russell, who produced Scott-Heron's final studio album, called him a 'father figure of sorts to me', while stated: 'He influenced all of hip-hop'. Wrote a poem about Scott-Heron that was published on his website.Scott-Heron's memorial service was held at in New York City on June 2, 2011, where Kanye West performed ' and ', two songs from West's album.
The studio album version of West's 'Who Will Survive in America' features a spoken-word excerpt by Scott-Heron. Scott-Heron is buried at Kensico Cemetery in Westchester County in New York.Scott-Heron was honored posthumously in 2012 by the with a. Charlotte Fox, member of the Washington, DC NARAS and president of Genesis Poets Music, nominated Scott-Heron for the award, while the letter of support came from Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.Scott-Heron's memoir, The Last Holiday, was published in January 2012. In her review for the Los Angeles Times, professor of English and journalism Lynell George wrote:The Last Holiday is as much about his life as it is about context, the theater of late 20th century America — from Jim Crow to the Reagan '80s and from Beale Street to 57th Street. The narrative is not, however, a rise-and-fall retelling of Scott-Heron's life and career.
It doesn't connect all the dots. It moves off-the-beat, at its own speed. This approach to revelation lends the book an episodic quality, like oral storytelling does. It winds around, it repeats itself. Scott-Heron's estate At the time of Scott-Heron's death, a will could not be found to determine the future of his estate.
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Gil Scott-Heron interview with Brian Pace, part 1 of 2 with link to part 2. (February 17, 2009) at Vimeo.