Various – Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamtown 1973-1980
Gil Scott-Heron was barely twenty-one years old when he signed a record deal with legendary Impulse! producer Bob Thiele’s Flying Dutchman imprint. Thiele had gotten a hold of Scott-Heron’s book of poems titled Small Talk At 125th And Lenox and wanted to record a spoken word album with a minimal budget. The massive success of that album led to two more albums on Flying Dutchman that would include world class studio musicians including Bernard Purdie, Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, along with Scott-Heron’s longtime partner Brian Jackson. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised compiles the best tracks from Scott-Heron’s early Flying Dutchman period…
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Jazz / Spoken Word
Tracklist:
A1 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
A2 Sex Education: Ghetto Style
A3 The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
A4 No Knock
A5 Lady Day And John Coltrane
A6 Pieces Of A Man
B1 Home Is Where The Hatred Is
B2 Brother
B3 Save The Children
B4 Whitey On The Moon
B5 Did You Hear What They Said?
Credits:
Bass – Gerry Jemott*, Ron Carter
Design – Haig Adishian
Drums – Pretty Purdie*
Flute, Alto Saxophone – Hubert Laws
Guitar – Burt Jones, David Spinozza
Mixed By [Sound Mixer] – Bob Simpson, Geoff Haslam*, Ray Hall
Percussion – Charlie Saunders, Eddie Knowles
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Charles Stewart*
Photography By [Liner Photos] – Ray Ross*
Piano – Brian Jackson
Producer – Bob Thiele
Written-By – Brian Jackson (tracks: A3, A6), Scott-Heron*
