Soul-jazz pioneer, poetic hip-hop inspiration, and self-proclaimed “bluesologist” Gil Scott-Heron, best known for the unforgettable fury of “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” was a documentarian of the American experience and radical rabble-rouser on par with Woody Guthrie and Lenny Bruce.

Vocalists: Martha Redbone, Sandra St. Victor, Alkebulan, Gordon Voidwell

Poets: John Murillo, Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets, Willie Perdomo, Hanifah Walidah Robinson, Carl Hancock-Rux, Sapphire

Band: Brian Jackson, special guest; Aaron Whitby, musical director, keys; Ben Tyree, guitar; Fred Cash, bass; Dave "Smoota" Smith, trombone, keys; Chris Eddleton, drums; Lisette Santiago, percussion; Val-Inc, electronics; V. Jeff Smith, saxophone, guitar, flute