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Format: LP
Label: TVT
Year: 2019
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Message To The Messengers
A2 Spirits
B1 Give Her A Call
B2 Lady's Song
B3 Spirit's Past
C1 The Other Side, Part I
C2 The Other Side, Part II
C3 The Other Side, Part III
D1 Work For Peace
D2 Don't Give Up
Originally released in 1994. This 2LP edition pressed on red vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Bass – Fima Ephron, Rob Gordon
Bass, Piano – Malcom Cecil
Drums – Rodney Youngs
Flute – Ibrahim Shakur
Guitar – Ed Brady
Music By – Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane
Percussion – Larry McDonald, Tony Duncanson
Piano – Brian Jackson, Kim Jordan, Vernard Dickson
Piano, Vocals – Gil Scott-Heron
Saxophone – Leon William, Ron Holloway
Words By – Gil Scott-Heron
From his first well-known album Pieces of a Man (1971), including the iconic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised") to his final album I'm New Here (2010), singer-poet Gil Scott-Heron 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 - with turns of phrases, humor and a depth of understanding solely his own.
Fittingly, because he believed so deeply in humankind's connection to "spirit," he titled his first album in more than a decade, Spirits in 1994. Noting that his life and music were gifts from the spirits, Gil saw these songs and poems as spirituals.
This 90's edition of Scott-Heron's recording and touring band, the Amnesia Express, featured a host of players from Gil's former hometown of DC: bassist Robbie Gordon, drummer Rodney Youngs, guitarist Ed Brady, pianist Kim Jordan, and sax player Ron Holloway.
Label: TVT
Year: 2019
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Message To The Messengers
A2 Spirits
B1 Give Her A Call
B2 Lady's Song
B3 Spirit's Past
C1 The Other Side, Part I
C2 The Other Side, Part II
C3 The Other Side, Part III
D1 Work For Peace
D2 Don't Give Up
Originally released in 1994. This 2LP edition pressed on red vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Bass – Fima Ephron, Rob Gordon
Bass, Piano – Malcom Cecil
Drums – Rodney Youngs
Flute – Ibrahim Shakur
Guitar – Ed Brady
Music By – Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane
Percussion – Larry McDonald, Tony Duncanson
Piano – Brian Jackson, Kim Jordan, Vernard Dickson
Piano, Vocals – Gil Scott-Heron
Saxophone – Leon William, Ron Holloway
Words By – Gil Scott-Heron
From his first well-known album Pieces of a Man (1971), including the iconic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised") to his final album I'm New Here (2010), singer-poet Gil Scott-Heron 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 - with turns of phrases, humor and a depth of understanding solely his own.
Fittingly, because he believed so deeply in humankind's connection to "spirit," he titled his first album in more than a decade, Spirits in 1994. Noting that his life and music were gifts from the spirits, Gil saw these songs and poems as spirituals.
This 90's edition of Scott-Heron's recording and touring band, the Amnesia Express, featured a host of players from Gil's former hometown of DC: bassist Robbie Gordon, drummer Rodney Youngs, guitarist Ed Brady, pianist Kim Jordan, and sax player Ron Holloway.