We didn't come all this way just to give up
If you're considering digging into the stack of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson reissues, this is the place to start. First Minute is one fantastic, seminal album--just bursting with Jackson's serious piano, Bilal Sunni Ali's deluxe woodwinds, and Barnett Williams and Charlie Saunders's relentless percussion. The entire Midnight Band, in fact, positively struts, cajoles, and freaks the funk out all over this 1975 powerhouse. Scott-Heron himself raps ("Pardon Our Analysis"), rocks ("The Liberation Song"), and rolls ("Alluswe") in that magic voice that critic Neil Tesser once described as "mahogany, sunshine, and tears." First Minute also boasts the Scott-Heron classics "Ain't No Such Thing As Superman" and "Winter in America." The 11-minute bonus track, "A Talk," makes this set nearly indispensable. --Michael Ruby
Must be somethin'
Must be somethin' we can do
Must be somethin'
Must be somethin' we can do
We didn't come all this way just to give up
We didn't struggle all this time to say we've had enough
Had enough
Must be somethin'
Must be somethin' we can do
Must be somethin'
Must be somethin' we can do
We didn't come all this way in the dead of night
To give up now that we can see the light
See the light
Just like music
Just like music that we make
Fills the spirit
And helps to see a clearer day
I'll tell you somethin'
I'll tell you somethin' you can do
Keep on movin'
Keep on movin' for what's true
I'll tell you somethin'
I'll tell you somethin' you can do
Keep on movin'
Keep on movin' for what's true
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Comments (5)
Jazz is a genre that I fear getting into. So much I like, so little cash to buy. This track was rather nice I might add
I agree, this cd & the live album that followed are must haves in any collection.
Very nice cut. Good to hear the perennially underestimated Brian Jackson get a chance to work out here....
Very pleasant, thank you for the heads {or ears, if you please} up.
Thanks, everyone!
@Rawkkiddoh I know what you mean. I started picking up jazz records at thrift stores and out of the way shops and haven't slowed pace since.