Roy Eaton plays; Remembering Gil Scott-Heron

Roy Eaton plays 
PRODIGY Roy Eaton with the piano on which he learned to play.
... The son of a taxi mechanic, Roy Eaton was a childhood piano prodigy who became a trailblazer in advertising. His friends on the block included the artist and writer Faith Ringgold; Cecelia Hodges, a Princeton professor and actress; and Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone Colossus,” who is still touring....
 Roy Eaton performs
Mr. Eaton's work
One of his missions has been to restore Scott Joplin's works to the domain that it was Joplin's intention that they live--as classical works in the tradition of the great European masters.
His CDs are available on line at www.CDBaby.com/all/Royeaton
A Tin Pan Alley Primer
Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin & 'Treemonisha'

 City Opera will present an abridged concert version of the groundbreaking opera by famed African-American composer and father of ragtime, Scott Joplin. The opera tells the story of a young, educated freed slave named Treemonisha who leads a campaign to educate her community, rather than accept the societal superstitions placed upon it. The score encompasses a wide range of musical styles including ragtime, folk music, spirituals, and call-and-response. Though never fully staged during Joplin’s life, Treemonisha was rediscovered in 1972 when it received its world premiere and has since been performed on Broadway and at opera houses across the country.

Treemonisha in Concert
Monday, June 6 at 7:00 pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th Street)

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US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62. US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a  St Luke's Hospital.

His work had a strong political element - one of his most famous pieces was The Revolution Will Not Be 
Televised.


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Scott-Heron's material spanned soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word. His 1970s work heavily influenced the US hip-hop and rap scenes.

Scott-Heron's music and poetry revealed his deep interest in justice and civil rights, and he railed against the consumer society of the 1970s and 80s as well as the development of nuclear technology.

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Scott-Heron's hits

• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, 1970 - critique of race in the mass media age
• "The Bottle" (1974)
• Johannesburg, 1975 - in support of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
• Home Is Where the Hatred Is, 1971 - drug addiction and poverty in the US
• We Almost Lost Detroit, 1977 - concerns over the use of nuclear power
• Message to the Messengers, 1993 - calling on rappers and musicians to use art for positive social change

Gil Scott-Heron / Jamie xx: We're New Here 

Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here

Gil Scott-Heron's outstanding comeback album, I'm New Here, has been remixed by Jamie Smith, the man who cultivated the sound of the xx's eponymous debut. Listen to all 13 tracks Gil Scott-Heron's outstanding comeback album, I'm New Here, has been remixed by Jamie Smith, the man who cultivated the sound of the xx's eponymous debut. Listen to all 13 tracks and let us know what you think in the space below.
 New York Is Killing Me

Video: The Other Side of Gil Scott-Hero