Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology is an internationally award-winning, Off-Broadway theatrical triumph and an 8-time NAACP Theatre Awards nominee—an electrifying celebration of the life, music and the revolutionary voice of Gil Scott-Heron.  Melody Maker called Scott-Heron “The Most Dangerous Musician Alive” and Gil is widely regarded as the forefather of rap music.

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This fierce band of spoken word artists are spittin' fire and blazin' stages in rhythm and the prophetic truth of Scott-Heron’s iconic works—words that resonate today with even greater urgency. Featuring the legends daughter, Gia Scott-Heron.

 

Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology bridges generations through poetry, music, memory, and resistance.  Gil described himself as a “Bluesologist”—an artist whose work fused jazz, blues, and spoken word into fearless social commentary. His poetry captured the turbulence, contradictions, humor and humanity of his era with razor-sharp satire and the rich tradition of oral poetry and storytelling.

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Woven between the timeless words of Gil Scott-Heron, these electrifying poets, Tuesday Conner, Gia Scott-Heron, Yawo Watts, Conney Williams, Lorenzo Frank, Denise Lyles-Cook aka The ORACLE and Artus Mansoir weave their own personal poetic journeys into the story and ignite a rip roaring fire with guest artists Victor Orlando and Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets.

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You'll hear his words again, you'll cry and you'll laugh and your heart light will glow, you'll fight back some tears, you'll sing, you'll know lyrics you haven't heard in a long while and you'll learn about the man...the icon, the legend, Gil Scott-Heron.