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Birth Name:

Gil Scott-Heron

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Apr 01, 1949

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Age:

75

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

11°

Ari

41'

About Gil Scott-Heron

Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) 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. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues".[note 1] His poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official website

• Family website

• Discography at Discogs

• Text of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

• Gil Scott-Heron interview on In Black America, October 1, 1984, at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting

• "An American Griot: Gil Scott-Heron in Conversation with Don Geesling" at Brooklyn Rail (November 2007)

• Interview with Gil Scott-Heron at NPR, from December 11, 2007

• Video interview Gil Scott-Heron interview with Brian Pace, part 1 of 2 with link to part 2. (February 17, 2009) at Vimeo

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Gil Scott-Heron

Astrological portrait of Gil Scott-Heron

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Gil Scott-Heron: Sun 11 Aries, Moon 15 Taurus, Mercury 0 Aries, Venus 7 Aries, Mars 8 Aries, Jupiter 28 Capricorn, Saturn 0 Virgo, Uranus 26 Gemini, Neptune 13 Libra, Pluto 14 Leo, Sun Opposition Neptune, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Conjunct Mars, Sun Conjunct Venus, Venus Conjunct Mars, Sun Trine Pluto, Mercury Quincunx Saturn, Mercury Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Quincunx Saturn, Jupiter Quincunx Uranus, Saturn Sextile Uranus, Saturn Semi Square Neptune, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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