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Faith in time : the life of Jimmy Scott

Title
Faith in time : the life of Jimmy Scott / David Ritz.
Author
Ritz, David.
Publication
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, ©2002.

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Book/TextUse in library ML420.S425 R57 2002Off-site

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Description
xvii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
Celebrates the life and accomplishments of jazz singer "Little Jimmy Scott," detailing his childhood and rise to stardom, and examining his unfortunate disappearance from the industry in the mid-1960s.
Subject
  • Scott, Jimmy, 1925-2014
  • Scott, Jimmy, 1925-
  • Jazz singers > United States > Biography
  • Jazz singers
  • Jazz musicians > United States > Biography
  • Singers > United States > Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
  • Discography: p. 251-255.
Contents
Born Behind the Beat -- Darkness -- Future Outlook -- Angel -- Gates -- Fool -- The Jazz Life -- Jersey -- The Slave Barracks -- Wyandanch, Long Island -- Motherless Child -- Brother Ray -- When the Sun Comes Out -- Things Not Seen -- The Source -- The Harder They Fall -- "Can't We Begin Again?" -- "I'm Afraid Jimmy Scott Is Dead" -- "I've Shed Enough Tears" -- J's Way -- Hand from the Grave -- Sound of Pain -- The Jazz Life Redux -- Jeanie.
ISBN
  • 0306810883
  • 9780306810886
  • 0306812290
  • 9780306812293
LCCN
2003544955
OCLC
  • ocm50624782
  • 50624782
  • SCSB-8796120
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library