Gil Scott-Heron - Johannesburg

From South Africa to South Carolina is a studio album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson. It was released in November 1975 by Arista Records. Scott-Heron performed “Johannesburg“ and “A Lovely Day“ on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in December 1975. The collaboration between Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson was now a formal one, as they were issuing albums as a team. This was their second duo project to make the pop charts, and it included anti-nuclear and anti-apartheid themes, plus less political, more autobiographical/reflective material like “Summer of ’42,“ “Beginnings (The First Minute of a New Day),“ and “Fell Together.“ Scott-Heron was now a campus and movement hero, and Jackson’s production and arranging savvy helped make his albums as arresting musically as they were lyrically. Gil Scott-Heron - vocals, electric piano Brian Jackson - vocals, flute, keyboards, synthesizer Victor Brown - vocals, tambourine, bells Bilal Sunni Ali - saxophone, flute, harmonica Danny Bowens - bass Bob Adams - drums Charlie Saunders - congas, Chinese drum Barnett Williams - congas, djembe drums, shekere Adenola - congas