ONE OF MY DREAMS WAS GIL SCOTT HERON WITH THE NUBLU ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY BUTCH MORRIS

I don't know if Gil Scott Heron ever came to Nublu . It feels like a place he probably would have enjoyed. I had been talking to his manager about doing a collaboration with Nublu Orchestra conducted by Butch Morris. It didn't get realized this life time but let's do it next time around. .... I just think Butch and Gil Scott would have made some great music together. We almost brought Gil Scott Heron to the Nublu jazzfestival in Sao Paulo this past november , but he didn't feel well so it never happened. To me Gil Scott Heron felt so NYC , dark side of the city, the real hard side of the city , always felt like that to me. Another brilliant poet , Saul Williams, whom I used to work with in my band Wax Poetic, always gave me this same feeling like Gil Scott Heron was projecting. The strong conscious reality speaking poetry . I really love many of Gil's records and his last is brilliant. The remix collaborations are great as well. Long live Gil Scott Heron. The Revolution will not be Televized. Tonite , tomorrow and the next day we play for you....