Gil Scott Heron, Last Poets et al.

pyramus@wavenet.com
Fri, 23 Feb 1996 01:09:12 -0800

>
>Let's go back to the Last Poets, a group formed out of the Watts Collective
>afterthe Watts Riots of 1967(?) who were certainly influential on Gil
>Scott-Heron. In turn, although it seemed that the Last Poets emerged whole
>cloth on the jazz scene in that revolutionary era, they were certainly
>influenced by the Beats and their relationship to jazz musicians.

Thanks for the info Kevin...I've never heard of The Last Poets.
I'm now committed to seek them out.

Interesting that you should bring up John Hendricks and
Vocalese...I never considered that this had any relation
to rap, but have enjoyed it since my stint in my High
School's Jazz Choir (and attempted it myself...fortunately
for the music world I gave that up).

Just to put my 2 cents in, I think Annie Ross (of Lambert,
Hendricks and Ross) is second only to Ella Fitzgerald as
a fantastic female Jazz vocalist. Her early tracks with
the Gerry Mulligan Quartet are unparalleled.

Mike

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