Track Listing

1. Exodus
2. On Broadway
3. Our Day Will Come
4. I Wish I Knew
5. Unchained Melody
6. Day by Day
7. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
8. This Love of Mine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161774 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .15 pounds

Album Description
Aussie remastered reissue for the jazz balladeer from 1970. Digipak.

Customer Reviews

The essence of Jimmy Scott
First of all, please ignore Daryl's review. Daryl, if you want Jimmy Scott to be an uptempo scat singer, you will have to wait until hell freezes over. Furthermore, making parallels between Scott and most other vocalists (e.g. Norah Jones) is futile because Scott has created his own world. And yes, Daryl, Jimmy Scott is a man. (I find it amazing that you would even ask such a silly question online when we have such vast online resources at our fingertips.)

This album was recorded in 1969 and it truly captures Scott's mastery of melody. His high tenor voice gently floats through each melody with delicate phrasing. If you know his life story, "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" will send shivers down your spine. His phrasing and use of space puts his signature on each song. Thank you Jimmy Scott!

Day by Day
If you've yet to here the eternal "Day by Day," now is the time. Timeless in the musical arrangement and Scott's interpretation drawing everything possible from the lyric. It's a love that lasts a very long time (if your ready).

Did Nancy Wilson "Inhabit" Little Jimmy Scott?
When I first heard Little Jimmy Scott, it was after Nancy Wilson spoke on TV about her beginnings. At first, she "channeled" Dinah Washington, like so many other young singers. As a matter of fact, 15 year old singer (masquerading as 18), Jean DuShon had an unpleasant ecounter with Miss Dinah at the Baby Grand in Detroit: "Where's that b**ch that's tryin' to sound like me!" Jean said, "she nearly scared me to death as she stormed into my dressing room!" DuShon went on to develop her OWN style, while Nancy moved on to Little Jimmy Scott.

When I first heard him sing, I could have SWORN it was Nancy Wilson! Say no more.