Jimmy Scott

vocals · 1925–2014 · Cleveland

Affected by Kallmann syndrome, which limits his height and left him with a high contralto voice of singular timbre, he came to notice with Lionel Hampton on "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (1949), without being credited. His album The Source (Atlantic, 1969) quickly disappeared for lack of promotion, before a late comeback with All the Way (Sire, 1992), nominated for a Grammy.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese

Landmark tracks

• All the Way (1992)
• At Last (1992)
• Someone to Watch Over Me (1992)
• I'll Be Around (Jimmy Scott) (1992)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Apr 17, 2026: Jimmy Scott, une voix pas comme les autres (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• Source

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