{"id":5814,"date":"2014-06-18T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T06:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2014-06-18T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T06:33:41","slug":"aaron-sachs-jimmy-scott-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/06\/aaron-sachs-jimmy-scott-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Sachs &#038; Jimmy Scott, Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;uDXA495NxB4NWIygtGYvS5HqPrG1LHsv&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>It is sad to hear of the recent deaths of Aaron Sachs and Jimmy Scott. <\/p>\n<p>Sachs was a gifted clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who never became as well known as many of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Aaron-Sachs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Aaron-Sachs.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Sachs\" width=\"197\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5815\" \/><\/a>contemporaries despite yeoman work in bands led by Van Alexander, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Tom Talbert and Buddy Rich, among others. In the 1960she became a stalwart in Latin jazz, playing for Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez. Sachs would have been 91 on the 4th of July. I recently saw him described&#151;dismissed, really&#151;as a smooth clarinetist and a capable Al Cohn tenor saxophonist. He was far beyond capable and no mere imitator, as you will hear in his solo on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do Nothing \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTil You Hear From Me\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Talbert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrangement from his classic 1956 album <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bix-Duke-Fats-Talbert-Orchestra\/dp\/B00005LCTV\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Bix, Duke, Fa<\/em>t<\/a>s.  Sachs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tenor solo comes 4:50 into the track. Other soloists are Eddie Bert, trombone; Herb Geller, alto saxophone; and Joe Wilder, trumpet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rqMKoKeASTk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>Singer Jimmy Scott died on June 12 at the age of 88. His high contralto resulted from a childhood hormonal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jimmy-Scott.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jimmy-Scott.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Scott\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5816\" \/><\/a>condition that blocked normal vocal development. The voice made him an object of ridicule and abuse. He managed to wrap the anguish of that discrimination into his artistry as he adapted his unusual voice to a style that attracted a wide audience.  His admirers included Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and the soul singer Marvin Gaye, who was heavily influenced by Scott.  In this video, Scott sings \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Time After Time\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and speaks a little about his performance philosophy.   <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRmUWeD9YR0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>For Richard Williams\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 obituary of Jimmy Scott in <em>The Guardian<\/em> newspaper, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/jun\/15\/jimmy-scott\"target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;uDXA495NxB4NWIygtGYvS5HqPrG1LHsv&#8221;] It is sad to hear of the recent deaths of Aaron Sachs and Jimmy Scott. Sachs was a gifted clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who never became as well known as many of his contemporaries despite yeoman work in bands led by Van Alexander, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Tom Talbert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}