The ineffable elegance of a gentleman: Jimmy Scott
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Album:Guilty
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[Jimmy Scott - Dearest Darling - 2:58- ca 1952]
Do you remember that missed rendez-vous? The one I'll never regret enough. I remember forgetting a meeting with a true gentleman who can be only described as suave. It was over two months ago. It is time to make amends.
Jimmy Scott was born some 82 years to share his infinite elegance - a soulful sadness coruscating with happiness - with the world. What many would be tempted to call a curse - Kallmann's syndrome - he accepted and used as a blessing.
His distinctive high soprano-like voice would suffice to "touch you in your deepest parts and even find spots that you never know you had" as Doc Pomus said. Add to this his incredible delivery: a gentle slowness which depicts all the colours of the human soul. Jimmy Scott's music possesses this inexpressible melancholy, a sumptuous solace for the hearts - which leads in many an oblique ways to that bitter sweet tenderness also called happiness.
Now if you'll accept my invitation, listen. Listen to the profound and pathetic songs of the elegant gentleman Jimmy.
I've been told 'tis the time for giving so you'll find 3 bonus tracks in the comments.
Do you remember that missed rendez-vous? The one I'll never regret enough. I remember forgetting a meeting with a true gentleman who can be only described as suave. It was over two months ago. It is time to make amends.
Jimmy Scott was born some 82 years to share his infinite elegance - a soulful sadness coruscating with happiness - with the world. What many would be tempted to call a curse - Kallmann's syndrome - he accepted and used as a blessing.
His distinctive high soprano-like voice would suffice to "touch you in your deepest parts and even find spots that you never know you had" as Doc Pomus said. Add to this his incredible delivery: a gentle slowness which depicts all the colours of the human soul. Jimmy Scott's music possesses this inexpressible melancholy, a sumptuous solace for the hearts - which leads in many an oblique ways to that bitter sweet tenderness also called happiness.
Now if you'll accept my invitation, listen. Listen to the profound and pathetic songs of the elegant gentleman Jimmy.
I've been told 'tis the time for giving so you'll find 3 bonus tracks in the comments.
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