4 Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson

It’s Your World ARISTA, 1976

You say: “The perfect combination of live and studio. Gil Scott-Heron goes all out in the Bicentennial year.” Andy Medhurst, via e-mail

Scott-Heron could occasionally be hit or miss in concert, but when he hit, he was out of this world. As borne out here on the live part of this seventh album, a double to boot, recorded at Boston’s Paul’s Mall on July 1 and 2, 1976. The performances witness Scott-Heron, Jackson and the Midnight Band at the top of their game on a series of improvised extended jams; a 13-and-a-half-minute rework of The Bottle and a 12-and-ahalf-minute Home Is Where The Hatred Is bringing the house down and giving the original studio takes a run for their money.