Black Wax

Gil ScottHeron one of raps earliest and unfortunately unknown pioneers gets his full due in Black Wax the 1982 documentary recently reissued on video Interspliced between performance footage of ScottHeron and his Midnight Band are vignettes of him walking around Washington DC spouting his views on thenPresident Reagan dubbed RayGun and generally dropping knowledge The live performance features many of ScottHerons bestknown hits including Johannesburg Winter in America and Angel Dust among others Warm intelligent and insightful throughout ScottHeron is clearly enjoying himself and the opportunity to espouse his views A must for any fan of ScottHerons and definitely worth a look for fans of the funkier jazz music of the mid to late 1970s