The Revolution Will Be Live! Gil Scott-Heron 10yr Anniversary Tribute. Blues Kitchen Manchester 2/9/21.

The Revolution Will Be Live!

Gil Scott-Heron 10yr Anniversary Tribute.

Live Performance

Kim Jordan & Noel McKoy Play Gil Scott-Heron, 

With 

Malik & The O.G's, Ft. Michelle John.

Thursday 2nd September 2021.

Tickets

General Admission Tickets *£16.50 (£15.00)

* Handling and delivery fees may apply to your order  

Doors: 19:00-22:30

The Revolution Will Be Live is the critically acclaimed, festival-headlining show, lovingly put together by Kim Jordan, Gil’s musical director for over 30 years, and his protégé Malik Al Nasir, whose band Malik & The O.G’s will feature Voice UK finalist Michelle John.

Kim Jordan, who can be heard on many of Gil’s albums including Spirits, Tales of the Amnesia Express and Gil’s last album I’m new here, will be performing a set of his finest works with a full live band and vocalist Noel McKoy as Gil.

Malik & The OG’s will open the show with a Gil-inspired spoken word set. Through a chance encounter at the age of 18, Malik would go on to work with and learn from Gil for the next 27 years.

As his musical family come together to celebrate the great man’s life, this is a fitting tribute to someone with a huge place in not just our own musical history but music in general.

Official launch + book signing.

'Letters To Gil' by Gils' protege - Malik Al Nasir - (Malik & The O.G's) of his new memoire 'Letters to Gil' about the 27 years he was mentored by Gil with a foreword by Lemn Sissay. This will take place during the intermission between sets.

'In Letters to Gil, you will be spirited away too, as I have been. You will learn much about Gil Scott-Heron, but it is Malik’s story that transfixes me in its glittering eye'. LEMN SISSAY.

Published by HarperCollins.

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’. IRENOSEN OKOJIE

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Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021 

by the William Collins imprint of HarperCollins.

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The Revolution Will Be Live! Gil Scott-Heron 10yr Anniversary Tribute. Jazz Cafe London. 1/9/21.

The Revolution Will Be Live! 

Gil Scott-Heron 10yr Anniversary Tribute.

Kim Jordan & Noel McKoy Play Gil Scott-Heron, 

With 

Malik & The O.G's, Ft. Michelle John.

Wednesday 1st September 2021.

Tickets:

Standing: £18.50 

Restaurant: £30 (SOLD OUT)

Doors: 19:00-22:30

Live band performance

This show has been rescheduled from 1st April 2020. All tickets will remain valid.

The Revolution Will Be Live is the critically acclaimed, festival-headlining show, lovingly put together by Kim Jordan, Gil’s musical director for over 30 years, and his protégé Malik Al Nasir, whose band Malik & The O.G’s will feature Voice UK finalist Michelle John.

Kim Jordan, who can be heard on many of Gil’s albums including Spirits, Tales of the Amnesia Express and Gil’s last album I’m new here, will be performing a set of his finest works with a full live band and vocalist Noel McKoy as Gil.

Malik & The OG’s will open the show with a Gil-inspired spoken word set. Through a chance encounter at the age of 18, Malik would go on to work with and learn from Gil for the next 27 years.

As his musical family come together to celebrate the great man’s life, this is a fitting tribute to someone with a huge place in not just our own musical history but music in general.

Special pre launch book signing by Gils' protege - Malik Al Nasir - (Malik & The O.G's) of his new memoire 'Letters to Gil' about the 27 years he was mentored by Gil with a foreword by Lemn Sissay. This will take place during the intermission between sets.

'In Letters to Gil, you will be spirited away too, as I have been. You will learn much about Gil Scott-Heron, but it is Malik’s story that transfixes me in its glittering eye'. LEMN SISSAY.

Published by HarperCollins.

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’. IRENOSEN OKOJIE

________________________________

Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021 

by the William Collins imprint of HarperCollins.

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'Letters To Gil' By Malik Al Nasir - Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021.

 

'Letters To Gil'

By 

Malik Al Nasir

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’. IRENOSEN OKOJIE

'In Letters to Gil, you will be spirited away too, as I have been. You will learn much about Gil Scott-Heron, but it is Malik’s story that transfixes me in its glittering eye'. LEMN SISSAY.

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Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021 

by the William Collins imprint of HarperCollins.

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Letters to Gil is Malik Al Nasir’s profound coming of age memoir – the story of surviving physical and racial abuse and discovering a new sense of self-worth under the wing of the great artist, poet and civil rights activist Gil Scott-Heron.

Born in Liverpool, Malik was taken into care at the age of nine after his seafaring father became paralysed. He would spend his adolescence in a system that proved violent, neglectful, exploitative, traumatising and mired in abuse. Aged eighteen, he emerged semi-literate, penniless with no connections or sense of where he was going – until a chance meeting with Gil Scott-Heron.

Letters to Gil will tell the story of Malik’s empowerment and awakening while mentored by Gil, from his introduction to the legacy of Black history to the development of his voice through poetry and music. Written with lyricism and power, it is a frank and moving memoir, highlighting how institutional racism can debilitate and disadvantage a child, as well as how mentoring, creativity, self-expression and solidarity helped him to uncover his potential.

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Hard Back

ISBN: 9780008464431

ISBN 10: 000846443X

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Trimsize: 159x240mm

Pages: 336 pages

List Price: £20.00

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E-Book

ISBN: 9780008464455

ISBN 10: 0008464456

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Pages: 336 pages

List Price: £11.99

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Audiobook

ISBN: 9780008464462

ISBN 10: 0008464464

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Pages: 578 minutes

List Price: £12.99

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