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Rwpowers1968 05/08/2012 10:39:00 PM
good luck GIl. saw ur mom n the Rascals in 1970jt Carngie Hall. best i have seen even. they owned the scene n i listened to them both often even now. dug ur acceptance at the RRHOF. ur mom wud hv been proud.
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Mgaray 12/28/2011 2:28:00 PM
Being a teen in the 70's, and a girlfriend to the most wonderful man in the world who turned out to be my husband, Cisco was a lover of music. He 'turned me on" to 'his' music. Laura Nyro's 'The Cat Song" was one of my favorites. I would go with Cisco to buy Laura's newest album (still have many). A few years ago I began buying her CD's on Amazon. My son just pruchased Live at the Bottom Line. I can't stop listening to it. Laura's music takes me back to the 70's and her music never fails to tear my eyes up. Cisco left this earth in 1987. As his memory lives on in our children and grandchildren, Laura lives on as I listen to her poetry and soulful voice. Gil, get on 'track' and make your mom proud.
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Jimcody 07/10/2011 5:22:00 PM
There will never be another Laura.....Miss you every day sweet child of the universe...
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Phanthomlordz 06/24/2011 2:51:00 AM
Laura was a brilliant woman and her tunes can really touch your soul
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05/05/2011 9:33:00 AM
Great to see that things are better for this young man. As much as I love Laura's music, I almost feel like I'm related to Gil, at least spiritually. It's sad that Laura fans-some, anyway-are down on Gil for his fondness for rap style music. A true step in the right direction in his case by laying a foundation of his future by using Laura's brilliant works. I wish him all the best in his endeavors.
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ayanna 03/24/2011 3:30:00 PM
I don't know why Michele Kort left this -Gil being in a group home when she died-out of the book.
What else did she leave out?
http://last.fm/user/felinefan
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Mick Maag 02/26/2011 1:39:00 PM
Interesting read... good luck to Gil am way disappointed to hear that an ass like k west, sampled Laura's music and didnt actually allow the beauty of her voice and sound to become recognized by the current generation.. please Gil..realize that Rap doesnt work. i would say that you grew up with those sounds around you too much.. delve into the works of your mother and god mother.. two well thought out musical sounds and composing artists... there is beauty in the MUSIC that makes you groove... rap isnt music.....there may be money made in that business but i dont think i can see rap sounds being streamed on elevators in the future.. that is the test of time..lol
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Janine 02/14/2011 3:53:00 AM
Good luck to you, Gil....you mother provided the sweetest background to my life from the first time I heard her in 1967 up to this very moment - I'm listening to Eli & the 13th Confession. I wish you a career filled with respect and love.
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Anne 05/19/2010 4:06:00 AM
Sighhhhhh, your mother was the muse that got so many of us through our often unanchored lives. I and my friends lived for her music, and we went to see her every opportunity we had. One of my favorite songs, now that I've grown up and raised my own children, is still a tribute to Gil, her darling son. I love the end of that song where she uses his precious voice....and I think it is only fitting, now that she is gone, that he use hers. Blessings, we loved your mother.
Cinnamon hills
Sweet child
And waves of whisper blue
Earth calls to you
Every day in every way
Momma's puttin' on some warpaint
For a little bit of combat
You asked the reason
You gotta fight for your freedom
Sometimes everyday
In every way
Many people pass by
Caught up in roles and rules
Many rivers run free
I don't wanna' crush
The wilderness in you child
Or the wilderness in me
How do we keep them both alive?
Somehow they must survive
Somehow they must survive
We go together
Through the changing seasons
Hearts afire
You know the world needs it
Everyday in every way
Little darling
Zap
Touch the earth child
Heaven and earth child
Ahm ahm ahm
Is that a monster?
Yep - no, a crocodile
Ee's eatin' the bed
See im?
Ahm ahm ahm
I'm ona eat mommy
And bed all up!
Ahm ahm ahm
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Yam Erez 04/25/2010 10:55:00 PM
Glad to hear Bianchini / Gil-T respects his mom. Good luck, Gil! I'm grooving to First Songs as I write this!
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Mac 04/15/2010 6:31:00 PM
The line"mogul David Geffen quit his job as an agent for the William Morris Agency" leads one to think that Geffen was already a mogul. He wasn't. And his future at William Morris Agency may have been going nowhere. Geffen was a nobody in the business at this point in time. Laura had a taste of success(her debut album on Verve/Forecast,Monterey Pop)and,yes,when Nyro & Geffen formed a legal agreement,things went better for both of them. But without Nyro,Geffen may have eventually been asking that eternal showbiz question:Fries wid that?" Oddly,Nyro's previous manager was indeed a true Mogull. His name was Artie Mogull.
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Ted Glasgow 02/08/2010 8:42:00 PM
Will always wish Gil well, because he is Laura's son and she wanted him so badly...Gil, interested to know if you or maybe
Patti Labelle have a recording of Laura singing "Coyboys to Girls,"
Wasn't it suppose to appear on the "Gonna Take a Miracle" album?
There still must be untapped Laura Nyro music that could be put out on a CD...The Tribe still awaits in HOPE!
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Clearsky54 02/07/2010 6:07:00 PM
I am sorry that this young man feels compelled to sample his enormously talented mother's music in the idle hopes that it will help him become famous. If was as talented, which he obviously is not, he could make it on his own. His mother wrote songs that should be protected. There is no way in hell she'd say, "Sure, honey, rap some of your sh*t over my songs." Some things are sacred, like Laura Nyro songs, but in this world, in this age, where everyone would not only sell their mother's a**, but their own, what difference does it make?
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Anais 12/19/2009 4:08:00 PM
Thanks for the update on Laura Nyro's son. One minor quibble, though: Gil-T is not half-Jewish. He is a quarter Jewish and a quarter Italian on his mother's side. Nyro's musician father was Italian-American -- her birth name was Nigro, which she changed to Nyro for obvious reasons.
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terri 11/20/2009 8:49:00 PM
I love his mom , im a long time fan , I wish him all the luck and may god bless him
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robtpoole 11/02/2009 4:45:00 AM
i wish you all the best and I am sure that you will achieve excellence in your field but please don't engage your mother's work in your efforts anymore at this time, and thanks...robtpoole
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JLSerkes 10/27/2009 4:40:00 AM
I have met Gil. I have listened to his muse change over the years. He is unique and deep. His poetry is intense and real. He is a chip of the beauiful block of the Late and extremely Great Laura Nyro.
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Angelo 07/26/2009 8:12:00 AM
Ira did you research this joker at all? His mother didn't even fuck with him. Why do you think it's 12 years after her death and he didn't get shit. He chose to run the street while she was dying. He better hope Sony says OK or he's finished.
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JM 07/07/2009 9:07:00 PM
The article on up and coming rapper Gil-T was inspiring. Anybody that has gone through what he has gone through and still keeps striving to acheive his dream is amazing. I would love to see him in upcoming issues speaking out and giving positive and uplifting messages to anyone that maybe going through hardtimes. He came from a wealthy background but still remained very humble, if that alone isn't inspiring I don't know what is.
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fitzee 07/03/2009 5:21:00 PM
how is he going the bridge the great divide between Laura Nyro music and rap music???? Someone please make sure he does not violate her music...he was a rotten kid who sent her to her deathbed - he chose to be a getto rat - leave her music alone.
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Ari 07/01/2009 10:40:00 PM
Giorgio, have a look in the first chapter of _Soul Picnic_, Michele Kort's biography of Laura Nyro. There, you will find the breakdown of Laura's lineage-- her father, Louis Nigro, is half-Italian, half-Jewish. And her mother, Gilda Mirsky Nigro, was 100% Jewish. Go to the library or bookstore and take a look. It is there, in the biography.
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JR - Mink Graphics 07/01/2009 2:33:00 AM
I've had the opportunity to do the artwork for Gil-T's last couple of projects. The music gave me inspiration to come up with some great design work. Gil is definitely holding it down for Harlem. I know his mother would be proud of the work he is doing, continuing a tradition of music that is both moving & relevant. There aren't many Hip-Hop artist left that stay true to the art form, and Gil is definitely Last of a Dying breed.
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Alan 06/30/2009 10:15:00 PM
I met Gil-T about a year ago at a family function and was instantly impresssed by the personality he puts out there. I was a fan of rap back in the early 1980's, but haven't listened to it since then. Gil hooked me up to his I-pod to listen to his music...I am once again a fan of rap music...Gil-T style.
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Kee-Kee 06/30/2009 10:18:00 AM
Hey Gil I just want to say that I like listening to your music on your myspace profile... my fav is hustler anthem as well as i think its wonderful what your trying to do with your moms music ... keep your head up because your time is coming baby boy ..... much luv
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reese rell 06/30/2009 8:52:00 AM
IT'S YA BOY THE PIECE ON YOU IS SOMETHING SPECIAL LOVING IT KEEP THE HITS COMMING "PAPERCHASE" IS OFFICIAL AND MY FAV IS "RIDE ON EM" SLOW MOTION IS BETTER THAN NO MOTION YA DIG!!!!!
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shaunreese 06/30/2009 8:41:00 AM
GIL-T YOU GOT TALENT BABY BOY. THAT ELI'S COMMING JOINT IS A BANGER CANT 4GET THAT STONE SOUL PICNIC.THIS IS A STEPPING STONE "KEEP UP DA GOOD WORK" peace!!!!!!
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GiorgioNYC 06/30/2009 6:57:00 AM
Patricia Rudden --
I'd like to know the source for your comment that Nyro was only 1/4 Italian, as I haven't been able to confirm that. Every reference I've found says her mother was Jewish, her father an Italian musician.
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D-B 06/30/2009 5:39:00 AM
I know Gil-T and Im a fan of his music.I think he brings what hip hop is lacking rite now that raw inner city sound.I hope he gets those samples cleared because we need that music. I wish Gil-t much success with his career.I will be looking forward on reading more articles on Gil-T peace....
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Catfish 06/29/2009 4:43:00 PM
Yes Yes Y'all, Gil -t's in the house to stay. Laura nyro's offspring is the truth The voice of the projects, keepin' it to the streets. I had a great time in the studio working with GT, Lets Make this Happen, You herd. Action speaks louder than words.
Peace,
CATFISH
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jilly 06/29/2009 7:46:00 AM
Hey Cuz, looking official. Although nobody seems to be able to agree on your ethnic and religous heritage, we all can agree that even if you never made a dime, you'd still be writing and bust'n out lyrics every door you walk through.
You ARE your mothers son but even more you are a greatly unique lyracist and performer. We love you baby!
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D.Cross 06/27/2009 10:42:00 PM
i have all gil-t albums and the production value is wonderful
i also had the previlige to record with gil-t
want to check it out goto
myspace.com/dcrossentertainment
and play "why you come outside like that"
do your thing gil-t
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Patricia S. Rudden 06/25/2009 5:56:00 PM
Correction, Giorgio: it was Nyro's father who was half Italian. His mother was Jewish. Proportionally this makes Nyro herself 3/4 Jewish. Halachically (in Jewish law) both she and her father are 100% Jewish.
Nyro never met her Italian grandfather, but the surname carries on.
Fascinating piece,and good to see Gil is working.
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KT 06/25/2009 7:20:00 AM
Great piece!!! I am interested to learn more about Laura Nyro and her career. I know a few of her songs and they are wonderful. I hope to see GIL-T make it big and keep laura Nyro's voice alive. This is the kind of story that I would like to see more of. It's real writing about real people. Looking forward to the next piece by Ira Kantor.
KT
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messiah 06/25/2009 6:44:00 AM
i mix most of this project..gil is the next generation of pure street/poetry rap..world get ready,the don"gil-t" is next..laura nyro 3000 baby!!!!!!!!
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GiorgioNYC 06/24/2009 8:11:00 PM
Interesting piece. But one correction: He's not half-Jewish. His mother Laura Nyro, was half-Italian, as was well-known. So Gil's one-quarter Jewish, one-quarter Italian, and half-Indian. And all New Yorker.
