Daily album for October 16, 2025 Winter in America by Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson (1974)

Cover art for Winter in America

Genres

  • jazz
  • jazz-funk
  • r&b
  • soul
  • soul jazz
  • spoken word

Winter in America is a studio album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson. It was recorded in September to October 1973 at D&B Sound Studio in Silver Spring, Maryland, and released in May 1974 by Strata-East Records. Scott-Heron and Jackson produced the album in a stripped-down fashion, relying on traditional African and R&B sounds, while Jackson's piano-based arrangements were rooted in jazz and the blues. The subject matter on Winter in America deals with the African-American community and inner city in the 1970s.

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