Gil Scott Heron – The Best Of (CD) 2009

1 The Bottle
Bass – Danny Bowens
Electric Piano – Gil Scott-Heron
Electric Piano, Flute – Brian Jackson
Electronic Drums [Traps] – Bob Adams
Engineer – Jose Williams
Executive-Producer – Adam Sure *, Vera Savcic
5:14
2 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Flute – Hubert Laws
Mixed By – Bob Simpson
Producer – Bob Thiele
Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
Remix – Ray Hall
3:06
3 Lady Day & John Coltrane
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Electric Piano – Brian Jackson
Guitar – Burt Jones
Mixed By – Bob Simpson
Producer – Bob Thiele
Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
Remix – Ray Hall
3:34
4 Washington, DC
Bass – Robert “Robbie” Gordon *
Co-producer, Arranged By – Malcolm Cecil
Drums – Kenny Powell
Guitar – Ed Brady
Keyboards – Glen Turner
Percussion – Larry MacDonald *
Producer – Gil Scott-Heron
Tenor Saxophone – Carl Cornwell , Ron Holloway
Trumpet – “High Note” Harry Kim *, Kenny Sheffield
4:13
5 The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott
Bass – Gerald Jemmott *
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Guitar – David Spinozza
Percussion – Eddie Knowles
Piano – Brian Jackson
Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
5:06
6 Storm Music
Backing Vocals – Clydene Jackson , Julia Waters , Maxine Waters
Bass – Robert Gordon *
Drums – Kenny Powell
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [String], Harmonica – Glen (Astro) Turner *
Guitar – Ed Brady
Guitar, Guitar [Bubble] – Kenny Lazarus *
Producer – Gil Scott-Heron
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Vernon James
Tenor Saxophone – Carl Cornwell
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Kenny Sheffield
4:54
7 No Exit
Arranged By, Co-producer – Malcolm Cecil
Bass – Robert “Robbie” Gordon *
Drums – Kenny Powell
Guitar – Ed Brady
Keyboards – Glen Turner
Percussion – Larry MacDonald *
Producer – Gil Scott-Heron
Tenor Saxophone – Carl Cornwell , Ron Holloway
Trumpet – Kenny Sheffield
4:08
8 Free Will
Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott
Bass – Gerald Jemmott *
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Guitar – David Spinozza
Percussion – Charlie Saunders , Eddie Knowles
Piano – Brian Jackson
Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
3:34
9 Pieces Of A Man
Bass – Ron Carter
Conductor – Johnny Pate
Mixed By – Bob Simpson
Piano – Brian Jackson
Producer – Bob Thiele
Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
Remix – Ray Hall
4:51
10 Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Bass – Ron Carter
Conductor – Johnny Pate
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Electric Piano, Vocals – Brian Jackson
Guitar – Burt Jones
Mixed By – Bob Simpson
Producer – Bob Thiele
Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
Remix – Ray Hall
3:20
11 Did You Hear What They Said?
Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott
Bass – Gerald Jemmott *
Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie *
Guitar – David Spinozza
Guitar, Piano – Gil Scott-Heron
Percussion – Charlie Saunders , Eddie Knowles
Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals – Brian Jackson
Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
3:29
12 Back Home
Bass – Danny Bowens
Electronic Drums [Traps] – Bob Adams
Engineer – Jose Williams
Executive-Producer – Adam Sure *, Vera Savcic
Piano, Vocals – Brian Jackson
2:50
13 ‘B’ Movie (Intro, Poem, Song)
Bass – Robert Gordon *
Drums – Kenny Powell
Guitar – Ed Brady
Piano – Glen (Astro) Turner *
Producer – Gil Scott-Heron
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Vernon James
Tenor Saxophone – Carl Cornwell
Trumpet – Kenny Sheffield
12:10
14 Blue Collar
Arranged By, Co-producer – Malcolm Cecil
Bass – Robert “Robbie” Gordon *
Drums – Kenny Powell
Guitar – Ed Brady
Keyboards – Glen Turner
Percussion – Larry MacDonald *
Producer – Gil Scott-Heron
5:45
15 H2OGate Blues
Bass – Danny Bowens
Electronic Drums [Traps] – Bob Adams
Engineer – Jose Williams
Piano – Brian Jackson
8:23