The Sunday Seance series pays tribute to the ancestors of Jazz poetry with renditions, riffs and remixes.
Conducted by Yolanda Wisher and the Afroeaters.
Gil Scott-Heron was born April 1, 1949 and died May 27, 2011 at the age of 62.
He was a poet, singer-songwriter, author and musician Scott-Heron was known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues".
His music, most notably on the albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and foreshadowed later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron is considered by many to be the first rapper/MC ever. His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially one of his best-known compositions, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".
Sunday Seance
Sunday December 30
$10 per person
Bar & dinner beginning at 5PM.
Music begins at 7PM