Jimmy Scott

E914827

Jimmy Scott was an American jazz vocalist renowned for his hauntingly high contralto voice and emotionally intense ballad performances.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jimmy Scott canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz musician
human
jazz singer
vocalist
activeYearsEnd 2010s
activeYearsStart 1940s
alsoKnownAs Jimmy Scott
Little Jimmy Scott
associatedAct Atlantic Records
Lionel Hampton
Ray Charles
Savoy Records
awardReceived NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
birthName James Victor Scott
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-07-17
dateOfDeath 2014-06-12
effectOfMedicalCondition high voice
stunted growth
ethnicity African American
genre jazz
vocal jazz
influenced Billie Holiday
Lou Reed
Madonna
Marvin Gaye
Nancy Wilson
medicalCondition Kallmann syndrome
musicalStyle slow ballads
torch songs
name Jimmy Scott
notableFor emotionally intense ballad performances
hauntingly high contralto voice
notableWork album "All the Way"
album "Dream"
album "Falling in Love is Wonderful"
album "Mood Indigo"
album "The Source"
occupation jazz vocalist
singer
performedIn film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me"
television series "Twin Peaks"
linked to: Twin Peaks
performedSong "Sycamore Trees"
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
spouse Jeanne Scott
vocalType contralto
voiceDescribedAs androgynous
haunting

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tangerine Records associatedAct Jimmy Scott
But Beautiful hasNotablePerformer Jimmy Scott
I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So hasNotableRecordingBy Jimmy Scott
subject linked to: I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
Jimmy Scott name Jimmy Scott
Jimmy Scott alsoKnownAs Jimmy Scott
All My Tears coveredBy Jimmy Scott
All My Tears hasNotablePerformer Jimmy Scott