Jimmy Scott

Jimmy Scott

Born: July 17, 1925
Died: June 12, 2014
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
James Victor Scott, often credited as Little Jimmy Scott or Jimmy Scott, was the US jazz singer whose haunting contralto voice won him acclaim over the course of more than seven decades.

Movies for Jimmy Scott...

I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
Title: I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2016
Type: Movie
In I GO BACK HOME - JIMMY SCOTT, we meet the German music producer Ralf Kemper, who takes on the journey to produce a record with the almost forgotten jazz icon Jimmy Scott, who is publicly unknown, but in informed quarters perceived to be a musical legend. Ralf wanted to realize this project ever since he had heard Jimmy‘s voice singing for the first time 30 years ago. But it took a personal tragedy to finally put his thoughts into action. Meeting Jimmy Scott at the age of 85 years living secluded and chairbound after an accident in Las Vegas Ralf was shocked by Jimmy‘s surprisingly bad health condition. Will he be able to put his plan into reality?
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Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
Title: Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
Character: Self
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
About Jimmy Scott, who has had profound influence on the world of jazz and pop, but was never recognized by a wider audience. The documentary takes us behind the record production, where artists and musicians like Quincy Jones, Kenny Barron, John Pisano or Peter Erskine are telling their own story about Jimmy Scott. We get a look behind the scenery and find out how this record is carried out. This Making-Of is a moving document about an unknown icon of music history.
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Passion Play
Title: Passion Play
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2011
Type: Movie
An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.
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Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
Title: Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Overcoming Kallman’s Syndrome, prejudice, self-destruction and powerful enemies in the music industry, rediscovered jazz legend Jimmy Scott recounts his rise and fall and rise again as one of the most distinctive vocalists of his time.
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Chelsea Walls
Title: Chelsea Walls
Character: Skinny Bones
Released: September 21, 2001
Type: Movie
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
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Eastwood After Hours
Title: Eastwood After Hours
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 1997
Type: Movie
On October 17, 1996, veteran and contemporary jazz greats gathered for a select soiree on the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall, saluting a guy more noted for making popular films than for making sweet music. But as any fan of Clint Eastwood, especially after he started directing 30 years ago, will attest, the award-winning star is also an inveterate jazz lover who has uniquely integrated that musical form into the scores of his films. Join Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Flip Phillips, Charles McPherson, James Rivers, Slide Hampton, Hank Jones, Thelonious Monk Jr., the Kyle Eastwood Quartet, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and more for this scintillating celebration of film and music.
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Title: Viper
Released: January 2, 1994
Type: TV
Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe. The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies. The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve Ferrerio.
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Title: Twin Peaks
Released: April 8, 1990
Type: TV
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.