Pieces of a Man

Pieces of a Man is the debut solo studio album by the American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron. It was recorded in April 1971 at RCA Studios in New York City and released later that year by Flying Dutchman Records. The album followed Scott-Heron's debut live album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox; it departed from that album's spoken word performance, instead featuring more conventional popular song structures, with Scott-Heron singing and backed by a full band. Pieces of a Man marked the first of several collaborations between Scott-Heron and songwriter Brian Jackson, who also played piano on the album. It is one of Scott-Heron's most critically acclaimed albums and one of the Flying Dutchman label's best-selling LPs. Earning modest success after its release, Pieces of a Man has received retrospective praise from critics. Music critics have suggested that Scott-Heron's combination of R&B, soul, jazz-funk, and proto-rap influenced the development of electronic dance music and hip hop. The album was reissued on compact disc by RCA in 1993. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)