Jimmy Scott

[Hardbopjazz]

Ahamd did put on a great show. The band was very tight.

[Mark Stryker]

"Falling in Love is Wonderful" has just been reissued on LP, CD, and streaming. Devasting. Absolutely devasting. Only three singers can stop the world like this on a ballad: Scott, Sinatra, and Holiday. I have been listening to this track constantly and crying. Music can stimulate all kinds of ideas and emotions, but if it doesn't make you FEEL something deep within you, then what are we even doing here? 

1962. The song is by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics). Gerald Wilson wrote the arrangement. 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Mark Stryker

[gmonahan]

5 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

"Falling in Love is Wonderful" has just been reissued on LP, CD, and streaming. Devasting. Absolutely devasting. Only three singers can stop the world like this on a ballad: Scott, Sinatra, and Holiday. I have been listening to this track constantly and crying. Music can stimulate all kinds of ideas and emotions, but if it doesn't make you FEEL something deep within you, then what are we even doing here? 

1962. The song is by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics). Gerald Wilson wrote the arrangement. 

 

Yes, that is a wonderful album. I have the Rhino release. "The Source" is also great, and, of course, the albums he did for Savoy. A marvelous and truly individual artist.

 

[JSngry]

Add Shirley Horn to that list.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The thing about Jimmy Scott that always catches me off guard when I hear him on the radio is that I almost always wonder what female singer is singing until I see his name pop up on the display. He sings in such a high register for a male singer it's uncanny how close he comes to the pitch of many female singers.

[Big Beat Steve]

Similar initial reaction here .. and the Youtube excerpt from the "Fallin Love" album at first made me think "So Pee Wee Marquette is singing now too??" 

For a slightly different and more grittier setting the below CD would merit some listening too:

https://www.discogs.com/master/1041704-Little-Jimmy-ScottPaul-Gayten-Band-With-Special-Guest-Sam-Butera-Regal-Records-Live-In-New-Orleans

Somehow I feel the somewhat more youthful Jimmy Scott doesn't sound quite so "female" there, but rather like a sort of grown-up Sugar Chile Robinson. 

Edited 44 minutes ago by Big Beat Steve