Pieces of a Man

Pieces of a Man

• Gil Scott Heron- Pieces Of A Man
• Shrink-wrapped

A reissue of Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 album taken from the original master tapes and featuring three songs (two previously unreleased) by Gil's college group Black and Blues. The booklet features an in-depth song analysis.<p>The album features many of Gil's most important early songs including <i>Home Is Where The Hatred Is</i>, <i>Lady Day & John Coltrane</i> and <i>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</i>. Backed by some of New York's finest session musicians including Bernard Purdie, Hubert Laws and Ron Carter, it is one of the great albums of black American music.<p>The lead song <i>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</i> resonates down through the decades and has recently been featured on the soundtrack to the Nelson Mandela biopic <b>Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom</b>. 2014 will see it become part of the Grammy Hall Of Fame.