One of the oddest things about MOG - to me, anyway - is the occasional post that begins along the lines of "Sorry I've been away so long, been really busy, promise to start posting more regularly....." And as I read this I think to myself, rather loftily, "Is this someone I should know? Someone I've ever heard of?"And now, having failed to post or respond much for the past couple of months, I s...
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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. ...
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'twas the official switch to "winter time" this week end in the UK and the EU (end of daylight saving time meant that at 2am it was 1am, Saturday night) So I hope you will excuse me for posting this late entry for our Sundays Under the Covers.Let me also apologise for so cavalierly posting a song by the great Jimmy Scott. (Perhaps you ought to read this post by Dachmo to find out a bit more abo...
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Sound is low so turn this up a few:"Little" Jimmy Scott - jazz singer - InterviewInterview, August, 1994 by Steven Garbarino"Little" Jimmy Scott isn't so little anymore.The legendary '50s torch singer with the fragile build, soft features, and supernatural feminine voice, the result of a hereditary condition called Kallman's Syndrome, is in the midst of a smoldering comeback. He's just releas...
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I smile as I write that subject heading, remembering my friend who is a musician and a rather boyish-looking female. She will often say from stage, "Yeah --- it's a girl."The New York Times has said of Jimmy Scott:"The jazz singer with the high, ethereal voice has had a rough-hewed career. Now, with fans like Lou Reed and Madonna, he may finally have the kind of success that has eluded him for...
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If you have not done so already, please privilege yourself by visiting Bartleby's post of Jimmy Scott's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U." I'll not soil Scott's majesty nor Bartleby's sublime selection with my commentary.
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Fourteen years ago I was living in Minneapolis. Driving home, listening to the radio, I heard such a stunning female jazz vocalist rendition of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" that I pulled over to listen closely to the song. After it ended the DJ said "I still can't believe that's Little Jimmy Scott. That's Little Jimmy Scott!" I couldn't believe it either. About a week before ...
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