While the idea of jazz singer Giacomo Gates devoting an entire album to Gil Scott-Heron,
the late poet, prophet, singer/songwriter, spoken word performer and
social critic, might initially seem a bit of a stretch, the concept
actually flourishes on Gates' bold, new CD, "The Revolution Will Be
Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron." Planned and set motion before Scott-Heron's death last May at age 62, the idea for this project came from Mark Ruffin,
the album producer. Ruffin suggested the project to Gates, the
Connecticut-based bebop baron, giving him a wide selection of songs to
pick from for this jazz-centered homage to the soul and blues-inspired
poet/musician perhaps most widely known for his acclaimed composition,
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Scott-Heron's iconoclastic recordings about poverty, war
and racism in the 1970s and '80s have had wide-ranging influence on
contemporary pop genres. - (more)Saturday, August 27, 2011
Giacomo Gates records Gil Scott-Heron tribute album...
Giacomo Gates remembers Gil Scott-Heron (Owen McNally, Htfd Courant)
While the idea of jazz singer Giacomo Gates devoting an entire album to Gil Scott-Heron,
the late poet, prophet, singer/songwriter, spoken word performer and
social critic, might initially seem a bit of a stretch, the concept
actually flourishes on Gates' bold, new CD, "The Revolution Will Be
Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron." Planned and set motion before Scott-Heron's death last May at age 62, the idea for this project came from Mark Ruffin,
the album producer. Ruffin suggested the project to Gates, the
Connecticut-based bebop baron, giving him a wide selection of songs to
pick from for this jazz-centered homage to the soul and blues-inspired
poet/musician perhaps most widely known for his acclaimed composition,
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Scott-Heron's iconoclastic recordings about poverty, war
and racism in the 1970s and '80s have had wide-ranging influence on
contemporary pop genres. - (more)
While the idea of jazz singer Giacomo Gates devoting an entire album to Gil Scott-Heron,
the late poet, prophet, singer/songwriter, spoken word performer and
social critic, might initially seem a bit of a stretch, the concept
actually flourishes on Gates' bold, new CD, "The Revolution Will Be
Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron." Planned and set motion before Scott-Heron's death last May at age 62, the idea for this project came from Mark Ruffin,
the album producer. Ruffin suggested the project to Gates, the
Connecticut-based bebop baron, giving him a wide selection of songs to
pick from for this jazz-centered homage to the soul and blues-inspired
poet/musician perhaps most widely known for his acclaimed composition,
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Scott-Heron's iconoclastic recordings about poverty, war
and racism in the 1970s and '80s have had wide-ranging influence on
contemporary pop genres. - (more)
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