Legendary Jimmy Scott at Bohemian Caverns
produced by Jill Newman Productions
This Friday & Saturday May 21 & 22
Jimmy Scott achieved notoriety as an R&B singer and pop balladeer and eventually established himself as a jazz singer. Billie Holiday often singled him out as her favorite. His career took off with the 1949 jukebox hit "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," with Lionel Hampton's big band, and includes a series of 1950s-60s recordings for the Roost, Coral, Brunswick, and Savoy labels.
Born in 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, Scott was one of 10 siblings who often sang together in church accompanied by their mother on piano. However, Kallmann's Syndrome, a hereditary hormonal deficiency, stunted Jimmy's growth and his voice never fully deepened. As a result on some of his recordings, the vocals were mistakenly credited to Irma Curry. In fact the keening, feline vocals belong to one Jimmy Scott - a fact not lost on the swooning female fans that followed him adoringly through the next decade.
Acknowledgment may have come late, but it has come in large doses. Jimmy Scott has won an NEA "Jazz Master Award" and a Kennedy Center "Living Jazz Legend Award." He was also the recipient of a "Pioneer Award" from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters.
Bohemian Caverns
2001 Eleventh Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-299-0800
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