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Midnight Band: The First Minute Of A New Day [CD]

Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (8 Nov 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Soul Brother
  • ASIN: B00460I598
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,319 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Other Worldly 6 July 2004
Format:Audio CD
This albums really amazing- I'm not sure how anybody could deem it 'average'.

Fans of world music should really enjoy this offering from Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson- it, along with the equally as good 'Its Your World' album has the most exotic feel of their albums.

The songs range from powerful to wise to unique. This albums from a time when there was a message in the music. 'Ain't no such thing as Superman' is a personal favourite, as is 'Western Sunrise' which sounds like no other song you've probably heard. 'Alluswe' ends the album on a really beautiful bitter-sweet note.

You might not like this cd if you think that the best music in the world is by grim faced student types, but for everyone else its well worth your time. Gil Scott-Heron seems to be remembered as mainly the inventor of rap, but as this album shows there was so much more to him and his, Brian Jacksons and the Midnight Bands musical legacy- there's one poem on this cd (excluding the bonus tracks) the rest is singing.

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1 of 67 people found the following review helpful
average 29 Jan 2001
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Format:Audio CD
a very average album but what else can I really expect. I was expecting something much better but when I returned home and played the new album I was dissapointed to say the least. Still, buy it if you like that sort of thing.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Magnifico! and timeless... 27 Jan 2001
By Maria-Rosa de Hacia - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
From the opening strains of "Offering" ("We have...something to offer you...") to the final crescendo of the touching "Alluswe", the music flows with sincerity and power. While I'm not as enamoured of the spoken tracks (a bit too preachy and dated), the music holds up well 25 years later.

This is a band with fine soloists (Brian Jackson on keyboards, Bilal Sunni Ali on sax, and of course, Gil Scott-Heron's soulful singing), soaring harmony (esp. on "Must Be Something"), atmospheric arrangements ("Western Sunrise", "Guerilla", "Offering"), and driving rhythm ("Liberation Song" and "Superman"). All this without any guitar in the group. But you really don't miss it...

I hear a strong Coltrane influence in Ali's sax playing, am hauntingly touched by Jackson's piano on "Alluswe" (my favorite track on this disc), and while the lyrical content might seem off-putting to a capitalist such as myself I am nevertheless reminded that we all must never lose touch with our innate humanity. (Stevie Wonder's music of this time also serves this purpose for me.) To paraphrase Casey Kasem, one must always keep "your feet on the ground", even while reaching for the stars!

The Midnight Band are eternal. I expect to be enjoying this album many years into the future, as I have over the past quarter century.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Soldier's Soundtrack 3 Jun 1999
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Excellence in musicanship & content. This is what conscious music is supossed to sound like. Gil is one of the pioneers in rap & hip-hop ( with James Brown, George Clinton & The Last Poets)."Must be Something","Ain't no such Thing as Superman","Winter in Amerika","Offering",&"The Liberation Song" and my personal favorites "Pardon our Analysis" &"Guerilla". Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets were my introduction into politically aware musicians.The artwork alone, by Brother Ron ( the Iceman) is worth more than the price of entry. "I believe we will see us in my lifetime, standing tall on a mountain letting our light shine"..............Buy anything with this Brothers name on it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
At the top of his form! 19 Jun 1998
By Wilfred B. Portier - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
GS and BJ were a awsome duo.You don't have to agree with the politics in order to enjoy it. He is an powerful musical poet who recorded a string of jamming albums that moved your soul as well as your feet. GS is a balladeer of moving emotions just listen to "Winter in America". One only hopes that he can shake his demons and return to form! Buy It!
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