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Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

1970 live album by Gil Scott-Heron

Field	Value
name	Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
type	live
artist	Gil Scott-Heron
cover	Small Talk.jpg
released	1970
venue	125th & Lenox Nightclub (New York, New York)
genre	Jazz poetry, proto-rap, spoken word
length	44:01
label	Flying Dutchman/RCA
FD-10143
producer	Bob Thiele
next_title	Pieces of a Man
next_year	1971
misc	{{Extra album cover
header	Alternative cover
type	live
cover	Smalltalk gil scottheron.jpg
caption	2001 reissue cover

FD-10143 A New Black Poet – Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, is a live album and the first release of recording artist Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on Flying Dutchman Records. Recording sessions for the album were originally said to have taken place live at a New York nightclub located on the corner of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, but liner notes included in the 2012 box set The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters, Scott-Heron himself insists that a small audience was brought to "the studio" and seated on "folding chairs". By the time of the recordings, Scott-Heron had published a volume of poetry and his first novel, The Vulture. Well received by music critics, who found Scott-Heron's material imaginative, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox has been described as "a volcanic upheaval of intellectualism and social critique" by AllMusic editor John Bush.

Track listing

"Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?" runs at 5:14 on CD reissue.

Personnel

David Barnes – percussion, vocals
Charlie Saunders, Eddie Knowles – congas
Gil Scott-Heron – guitar, piano, vocals ;Technical
Charles Stewart – cover art
Bob Thiele – producer

Legacy

"Comment #1" is prominently sampled in the songs "Lost in the World" and “Who Will Survive In America” from Kanye West’s fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010).

Leon Bridges performed a new rendition of "Whitey on the Moon" in the 2018 Damien Chazelle film First Man, which was also included on the film's soundtrack album.

Notes

References

Bush, John. [{{AllMusic
Billboard]]'': 14: October 2, 1971
Williamson, Nigel. (September 2015). "Gil Scott-Heron: ''Small Talk At 125th And Lennox''".
Larkin, Colin. "Review: ''Small Talk at 125th and Lenox''". ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'': March 1, 2002.
[http://www.discogs.com/Gil-Scott-Heron-Small-Talk-At-125th-And-Lenox/release/407511 ''Small Talk at 125th and Lenox'' (LP)] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-06-04 . [[Discogs]]. Retrieved on 2009-07-31.)
Track listing and credits as per liner notes for ''Small Talk at 125th and Lenox'' CD reissue
Gill Scott Heron The Revolution begins-The Flying Dutchman Masters 3 cd including booklet with notes by Dean Rudland, Ace Records 2012
Bordowitz, Hank. "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1546/is_n3_v13/ai_n27536095 Gil Scott-Heron] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-10-03 ". ''American Visions'': June 1, 1998.)
NPR [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/655889177/first-man-considers-glory-grief-and-a-famous-walk-on-the-moon "First Man Considers Glory, Grief And A Famous Walk On The Moon"] {{Webarchive. link. (2020-06-06 by Linda Holmes, October 11, 2018 (retrieved October 12, 2018))

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