Gil Scott-Heron / Small Talk At 125th & Lenox (Reissue)

Artist: Gil Scott-HeronTitle: Small Talk At 125th & LenoxLabel: BGPCat.#: HIQLP093Format: 12" Vinyl LP, Reissue Country: UKReleased: 2023Style: FunkTrack Listing:His album of poetry and music from 1971. A groundbreaking debut that is still influential.“Small Talk At 125th And Lenox” was the start of a 45-year recording career for Gil Scott-Heron. He became one of the best-loved and most respected artists of the late 20th Century, but never again released an album as simple and hard-hitting as this. Recorded in 1970, “Small Talk” featured Gil and three percussionists performing his poetry, the rhythmic backdrop and the style of his delivery making it more than a spoken word record. Today it is seen as a classic that stands head and shoulders above similar albums recorded at the time.Gil was resolutely a poet, and there is little doubt he could have made his career as an author, as he had originally planned. Throughout the album he writes as a reporter, viewing his community, attempt