Gil Scott-Heron
Biography
Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. He defined himself as a "bluesologist".
Known For
Saturday Night Live
MTV Unplugged
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Popular Voices at the BBC
No Nukes
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
All Movies (15)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- Who Is Gil Scott-Heron?2015
- Gil Scott-Heron: Me and the Devil2010 · as Self
- Gil Scott-Heron & Amnesia Express: The Paris Concert2007 · as Himself
- How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)2005
- 5 Sides of a Coin2004
- Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised2003 · as Himself
- Freedom Beat2003 · as Self
- Solidarity1992 · as Self
- Tales of Gil Scott-Heron1990 · as Himself
- Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie1986 · as Self
- Gil Scott-Heron: Live Ohne Filter1984 · as Himself
- Black Wax1983 · as Himself
- Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought1982 · as Self
- No Nukes1980 · as Self
All TV Shows (4)
- 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Popular Voices at the BBC2017 · as Self (archive footage)
- MTV Unplugged1989 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest