"I ain't saying I didn't invest rapping, I just cannot recall the circumstances" says Gil Scott Heron, giving his personal response as to why the published poet, novelist, and recording-artist is so persistently hailed as being the missing link between the protest song movement of the Sixties and contemporary rap. A performing artist for more than 30 years now, Scott Heron's songs frequently demonstrate his firm grasp of complex political and social phenomenon whilst nearly always shunning metaphor and allusion. They opt instead for the direct 'straight to the point' delivery of rap - thus engaging a listener immediately - whilst still somehow managing to avoid over-simplifying an issue.

'Tales of Gil' was recorded at London's Town and Country Club with his Amnesia Express band on the 14th of March 1990, and the resulting film serves as a fine demonstration of how Scott Heron's stripped-down fusion of funk, blues, and jazz so effectively supports his lyrics: words that are at once witty, subversive, and above all heartfelt.





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Year: 2002


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