Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

Inner City Cultural Center II presents

Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

Created by Tuesday Conner

Directed by Phylliss Bailey Brooks

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Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology shares the life and music of the man Melody Maker called “The Most Dangerous Musician Alive” and many dubbed the forefather of rap music. Created by Tuesday Conner and Directed by Phylliss Bailey Brooks, Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology is an extraordinary theatrical experience with a fierce band of spoken word artists and musicians spittin’ fire and blazin’ stages with the legend’s daughter, Gia Scott-Heron and Special Guests Artists Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets with Victor Orlando of The Gap Band on percussion.

Woven between the timeless words of Gil Scott-Heron, this electrifying cast weave their own personal poetic journeys into the story and ignite a rip roaring fire. The ensemble includes the creator of Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology and Poets Jazz House Tuesday Conner; Conney Williams of the World Stage; Yawo Watts of Oralgasm; Lorenzo Frank from S.W.A.A.M.; ArtUs Mansoir a Multi–Talented Entertainer and the ORACLE aka Denise Lyles-Cook.

What started as a one-night-only event for Black History Month in 2023 took on a life form of its own.  Initially co-directed by International Award Winning Filmmakers and sisters Tuesday and Lynne Conner, Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology stood above 400 shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024.  Gil Scot-Heron Bluesology won the International Fringe Festival Encore Series Award. This launched them into a month long theatrical run celebrating Black History Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City 2025.  The decision to elevate the show for a New York audience and entrust the direction of the production to director, Phylliss Bailey Brooks resulted in igniting the fire higher.  Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology is not just a performance, it’s an experience.

You’ll hear his words again, you’ll cry and you’ll laugh and your heart light will glow, you’ll fight back some tears, you’ll sing, you’ll know lyrics you haven’t heard in a long while and you’ll learn about the man…the icon, the legend, Gil Scott-Heron.

Gil Scott-Heron (1949 – 2011) was a civil rights activist, musician and author known throughout the world for his work.  His gift of taking the daily news and turning it into social satire filled with truth, and attaching rhythms that were in themselves thought-provoking was part of his genius. Gil professed to be a “BLUESOLOGIST” because his music was jazz and blues and his spoken word reflects the turbulence and uncertainty of our times with a satirical edge told in the tradition of oral poetry and storytelling.  In 2012, posthumously Gil Scott-Heron finally received a Grammy for “Lifetime Achievement Award”. In 2021 Gil Scott-Heron was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a recipient of the “Early Influence Award”.  Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology encompasses his creativity from 1970 to 2010.