Gil Scott-Heron - Ohne Filter
Baden-Baden, Germany
March 1984
Broadcast source @320
2 Un-chaptered files @ 58:18
This set includes songs from his most recent album at that time, "Moving Target" (1982), as well as from his earlier albums.
No set list was available for this recording.
Musicians:
Gil Scott-Heron - Piano & Vocals
Kim Jordan - Keyboards & Backup Vocals
Ron Holloway - Saxophone
Robert Gordon - Bass
Larry McDonald - Percussion
Rodney Young - Drums
Gil Scott-Heron was an American jazz poet, singer, musician, and author known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson fused jazz, blues, and soul with lyrics relative to social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. He referred to himself as a "bluesologist", his own term for "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". His poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.
Scott-Heron's music, particularly on the albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America during the early 1970s, influenced and foreshadowed later African-American music genres, including hip hop and neo soul. His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially for "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". AllMusic's John Bush called him "one of the most important progenitors of rap music", stating that "his aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his career."
Scott-Heron remained active until his death, and in 2010 released his first new album in 16 years, titled I'm New Here. A memoir he had been working on for years up to the time of his death, The Last Holiday, was published posthumously in January 2012. Scott-Heron received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He also is included in the exhibits at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) that officially opened on September 24, 2016, on the National Mall, and in an NMAAHC publication, Dream a World Anew. In 2021, Scott-Heron was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a recipient of the Early Influence Award. (Wikipedia)
Ohne Filter was a live television program featuring international pop and rock groups from 1983 to 2001, broadcast by German public TV station SWF (Südwestrundfunk). In contrast to Rockpalast (WDR), which was broadcast from larger venues such as the Grugahalle, Ohne Filter was produced at the more intimate setting of a regular TV studio. By the end of 1983, it had become one of the most popular German television music programs. Around 300 episodes were produced, including performances by Chaka Khan, Joe Cocker, and Deep Purple, to name but a few. (Wikipedia)
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