Western Sunrise
The Midnight Band's reed player Bilal Sunni Ali wrote this side two track, one of the few on the album not by Scott-Heron or Jackson.
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, from The First Minute of a New Day (1975)
Bilal Sunni Ali, who plays flute, harmonica and saxophone in the Midnight Band, wrote it, and it sits third on side two of The First Minute of a New Day after "Winter in America", at 5:16 on the sleeve though some listings give 5:12. It comes from the June and July 1974 sessions at D&B Sound in Maryland, produced by Scott-Heron and Jackson, and was never a single. Setlist.fm lists no performances of it, and no statement about the song from the band was found. Our upload is from a third-party channel, SOUNDROTATION, and whether it is the original or a reissue master is not stated.
More songs by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
Sources
- The First Minute of a New Day, Wikipedia