Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
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| Live album by Gil Scott-Heron | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 125th & Lenox Nightclub (New York, New York) |
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| Genre | Jazz poetry, proto-rap, spoken word | |||
| Length | 44:01 | |||
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Flying Dutchman/RCA FD-10143 |
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| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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2001 reissue cover
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| Allmusic |   |
| Billboard | (favorable) |
| Virgin Encyclopedia |  |
A New Black Poet - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, is the debut album 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.
All tracks written by Gil Scott-Heron.
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