| Small Talk at 125th and Lenox | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Gil Scott-Heron |
| Cover: | Small Talk.jpg |
| Released: | 1970 |
| Venue: | 125th & Lenox Nightclub (New York, New York) |
| Genre: | Jazz poetry, proto-rap, spoken word |
| Length: | 44:01 |
| Label: | Flying Dutchman/RCA FD-10143 |
| Producer: | Bob Thiele |
| Next Title: | Pieces of a Man |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
A New Black Poet - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, is a live album and the first release of recording artist Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on Flying Dutchman Records.[1] Recording sessions for the album were originally said to have taken place live at a New York nightclub located on the corner of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue,[2] but liner notes included in the 2012 box set The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters, Scott-Heron himself insists that a small audience was brought to "the studio" and seated on "folding chairs".[3] By the time of the recordings, Scott-Heron had published a volume of poetry and his first novel, The Vulture.[4] Well received by music critics, who found Scott-Heron's material imaginative, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox has been described as "a volcanic upheaval of intellectualism and social critique" by AllMusic editor John Bush.
Leon Bridges performed a new rendition of "Whitey on the Moon" in the 2018 Damien Chazelle film First Man, which was also included on the film's soundtrack album.[5]