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.Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (LP) . Discogs. Retrieved on 2009-07-31. 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,Track listing and credits as per liner notes for Small Talk at 125th and Lenox CD reissue 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".Gill Scott Heron The Revolution begins-The Flying Dutchman Masters 3 cd including booklet with notes by Dean Rudland, Ace Records 2012 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.NPR "First Man Considers Glory, Grief And A Famous Walk On The Moon" by Linda Holmes, October 11, 2018 (retrieved October 12, 2018)
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References
External links Small Talk at 125th and Lenox at Discogs