Gil Scott-Heron
With Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band
Tthe Village Gate
New York
1976

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1. Intro Jam
2. 17th Street
3. Must Be Something We Can Do
4. It's Your World
5. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
6. Johannesburg

Excerpt from Taper:
If you have ever lived in, or around a big city anywhere in the world, or if you have ever been in one long enough to catch it's flavor, you need the music of GSH.  This music speaks the city, with latin-tinged jazz fusion, street-corner down-home musicians playing the local riffs with bongos and drums. In this case, the neighborhood kid made it big, but not big enough that everybody has heard of him. It is a low-down dirty shame that you probably haven't heard of Gil-Scott Heron. But, you need to hear him, just the same. And, after your jaw drops and shatters in a million pieces on the floor, you might ask yourself: What the f__K happened to this kind of feeling?

In this case, the city is New York, but don't let that fool or bother you. The fact that it is New York means that this particular kind of music is the real thing, not some plastic wannabe or club act. It is genuine, gritty, soul conscious, and completely real.

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