The First Minute of a New Day
1975 studio album by Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The First Minute of a New Day is an album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron, keyboardist Brian Jackson, and the Midnight Band—an eight-piece musical ensemble. It was released in January 1975 on Arista Records.[2] Recording sessions for the album took place in the summer of 1974 at D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland.[3] It was the follow-up to Scott-Heron's and Jackson's critically acclaimed collaboration effort Winter in America. The First Minute of a New Day was the first album to feature "Winter in America", the title track of Scott-Heron's previous album which was not featured on its original LP release.[4] The album was reissued on compact disc by Scott-Heron's label Rumal-Gia Records in 1998.[5]
The First Minute of a New Day | ||||
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Studio album by Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band | ||||
Released | January 1975 | |||
Recorded | June–July 1974 | |||
Studio | D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland | |||
Genre | Jazz, R&B, progressive soul[1] | |||
Length | 47:52 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson | |||
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson chronology | ||||
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