Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011
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Name (Latin)
Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011
Other forms of name
Heron, Gil Scott-, 1949-2011
Scott-Heron, Gilbert, 1949-2011
Date of birth
1949-04-01
Date of death
2011-05-27
Associated country
United States
Occupation
College teachers
Jazz musicians
Jazz singers
Lyricists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 12, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Scott-Heron, Gil; jazz musician, jazz singer, songwriter; born 01 April 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; scholarship to the Ethical Culture Fieldston School; attended Lincoln University, English major; won Lincoln University's Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award (1968); earned MA in Creative Writing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; taught creative writing at Federal City College, Washington, D.C. (1972-1976); formed a band called Amnesia Express (1975); arrested, sentenced, went to jail (2001); Heineken USA and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) presented him with the Heineken Ampt/ASCAP Recognition Award (2003); died 27 May 2011 in New York, New York, United States)
- New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed.(Scott-Heron, Gil; b. Apr. 1, 1949, Chicago; singer and songwriter)
- The vulture, 1970.
- The vulture, 2010:t.p. (Gil Scott-Heron) introd. (master's degree from Johns Hopkins Univ.)
- Wikipedia, May 31, 2011(Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron; b. April 1, 1949 in Chicago, Ill.; d. May 27, 2011 in New York City; an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and 80s)