In 2004 my sister Lynne called me one day and asked if I could produce a poetry lounge at a new up-coming theatre. Coleman & Smith had a tiny little room they wanted to fill but we couldn't make noise because two other shows were running. Poets Jazz House...just somewhere to go in the midst of searching your soul was formed. A beatnik poetry and music lounge where spilling your heart is art and se
arching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. There's snapping instead of clapping, the atmosphere is lax but it ssizzless! Come touch, be touched, hear the answer, heed the call is our creed; the one thing I can assure you of is...your spirit will be moved. The people that passed through the doors called PJH home and church. A very special place was created and this eclectic group of poets band together creating an unbreakable bond. We recite our own poetry and the poetry of legends. Expanding our poetry into movies and tributes we create art to Heal Souls and Education the World. Inner City Cultural Center II Presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology...
Gia Scott-Heron, daughter of the icon Gil Scott-Heron and Poets Jazz House…a power source of spoken word artists captivate audiences, spitting the powerful intensity of truth with messages from a visionary and the thought provoking rhythms that made Gil Scott-Heron a world renown influential legend. Still prevalent today are the timeless and classic words of Gil Scott-Heron; considered the GODFATHER OF RAP because his music reflects the turbulence, uncertainty and increasing pessimism of the times, with a satirical edge told in the tradition of oral poetry and storytelling. The ensemble cast includes the creator of Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology and founder of Poets Jazz House Tuesday Conner, Conney Williams of the World Stage, Yawo Watts of Oralgasm, Lorenzo Frank from S.W.A.A.M., Clent Bowers from too many Broadway show to name, ArtUs Mansoir a Multi–Talented Entertainer, the one and only ORACLE aka Denise Lyles-Cook under the direction of Lynne Conner. What started as a one-night-stand during Black History Month took on a life of it's own. This fierce band of spoken word artists from Leimert Park in Los Angeles is blazing stages. You'll cry and you'll laugh and you'll hear the lyrics again, your heart light with glow, you'll fight back some tears, you'll sing, you'll know lyrics you haven't heard in a long while and you'll learn about the man...the icon, the legend, Gil Scott-Heron! OneLove,
Tuesday Conner
Writer & Executive Produce
