Jimmy Scott, vocals ; with featured and accompanying musicians. Recorded in 2014.
Contents:
Motherless child (featuring Joey DeFrancesco) (5:23) -- The nearness of you (duett with Joe Pesci) (6:38) -- Love letters (duett with Oscar Castro Neves) (4:08) -- Easy living (featuring Joey DeFrancesco) (4:17) -- Someone to watch over me (featuring Renee Olstead) (4:15) -- How deep is the ocean (featuring Kenny Barron) (5:10) -- If I ever lost you (featuring Till Bròˆnner) (5:46) -- For once in my life (duett with Dee Dee Bridgewater) (5:07) -- I remember you (tribute to Jimmy Scott) (featuring Monica Mancini, Arturo Sandoval) (4:26) -- Everybody is somebody's fool (featuring James Moody) (3:55) -- Folks who live on the hill (tribute to Jimmy Scott) (featuring Joe Pesci) (4:57) -- Poor butterfly (featuring Gregoire Maret) (4:56).
Summary:
Along with being his final album, this release sees some of jazz's greatest musicians paying tribute to Jimmy Scott. It also serves as a companion to the documentary of the same name.
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