A New Black Poet - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox,[5] is a live album and the first release of recording artist
Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on
Flying Dutchman Records.[6] 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,[5] 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'.[7] By the time of the recordings, Scott-Heron had published a volume of poetry and his first novel, The Vulture.[8] Well received by music critics who found Scott-Heron's material imaginative,[2][3]Small Talk at 125th and Lenox has been described as "a volcanic upheaval of intellectualism and social critique" by
AllMusic editor John Bush.[1]
A New Black Poet - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox,[5] is a live album and the first release of recording artist
Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on
Flying Dutchman Records.[6] 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,[5] 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'.[7] By the time of the recordings, Scott-Heron had published a volume of poetry and his first novel, The Vulture.[8] Well received by music critics who found Scott-Heron's material imaginative,[2][3]Small Talk at 125th and Lenox has been described as "a volcanic upheaval of intellectualism and social critique" by
AllMusic editor John Bush.[1]