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There have been few 75-year-old vocalists working in any popular music style that sounded as good as Scott did on this session from late 2000, aided by contributions from top players like Joe Beck (guitar) and Grady Tate (drums). Scott loves those sentimental songs, and this set is full of standards in that vein, from the title track and "Pennies From Heaven" to "P.S. I Love You" (the Jenkins-Mercer composition, not the Beatles song) and "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)." For the most part the arrangements are appropriately small-scale, letting Scott's voice hog the foreground and squeeze plenty of nuances from his sad vibrato. "Over the Rainbow" itself suffers from an excessive wash of vibes, but fortunately that's not typical of most of the set, which just does toe the right side of gushing emotion. It is a refreshing change of pace, though, when a trace of somber darkness is introduced on the foreboding, doomy arrangement of "Strange Fruit," which benefits from a guest shot by David "Fathead" Newman on tenor sax.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Larry Willis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Johnston, Composer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kindred, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc
Harold Arlen, Composer - Todd Barkan, Producer - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - Joe Locke, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Charlie Chaplin, ComposerLyricist - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - John Turner, ComposerLyricist - Geoffrey Parsons, ComposerLyricist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Robinson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kanan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Larry Willis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Joe Beck, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David "Fathead" Newman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Penn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Allan Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist - Joe Locke, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Larry Willis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Samuel Lewis, ComposerLyricist - John Klenner, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - Gregoire Maret, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Gordon Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kindred, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Todd Barkan, Producer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - Ace Adams, ComposerLyricist - Joe Locke, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Adams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Rosemarie McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Todd Barkan, Producer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gregoire Maret, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Mendelsohn, ComposerLyricist - Michael Kanan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Todd Barkan, Producer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - Michael Kanan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Barkan, Producer - Joe Beck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Reid, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - George Mraz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gregoire Maret, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Locke, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Walter Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Todd Barkan, Producer - JIMMY SCOTT, MainArtist - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist - Michael Kanan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Milestone Records
Album review
There have been few 75-year-old vocalists working in any popular music style that sounded as good as Scott did on this session from late 2000, aided by contributions from top players like Joe Beck (guitar) and Grady Tate (drums). Scott loves those sentimental songs, and this set is full of standards in that vein, from the title track and "Pennies From Heaven" to "P.S. I Love You" (the Jenkins-Mercer composition, not the Beatles song) and "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)." For the most part the arrangements are appropriately small-scale, letting Scott's voice hog the foreground and squeeze plenty of nuances from his sad vibrato. "Over the Rainbow" itself suffers from an excessive wash of vibes, but fortunately that's not typical of most of the set, which just does toe the right side of gushing emotion. It is a refreshing change of pace, though, when a trace of somber darkness is introduced on the foreboding, doomy arrangement of "Strange Fruit," which benefits from a guest shot by David "Fathead" Newman on tenor sax.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:11
- Main artists: Jimmy Scott
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Milestone
- Genre: Jazz
© 2001 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 2001 Fantasy, Inc.
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