{"id":7584,"date":"2016-06-11T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T23:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7584"},"modified":"2016-06-11T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:02:21","slug":"weekend-extra-jimmy-scott-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/06\/weekend-extra-jimmy-scott-on-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Extra: Jimmy Scott On The BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jimmy-Scott-in-Tokyo.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Scott in Tokyo\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><em>Rifftides<\/em> reader David Chilver wrote from Great Britain to alert us to a program that recently ran on BBC Radio 4 about the life, frustration, courage and ultimate success of the singer Jimmy Scott. Scott died in 2014 at the age of 88. His high contralto resulted from a childhood hormonal condition that blocked normal vocal development. The voice made him an object of ridicule and abuse, and for years a callous label owner blocked his recording career. Yet, Scott managed to wrap the anguish of discrimination and mistreatment into his artistry. He adapted his unusual voice to a style that late in his life attracted a wide audience. His admirers included Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and the soul singer Marvin Gaye, who was heavily influenced by Scott.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mary Anne Hobbs hosted the half-hour broadcast. It includes extensive samples of Scott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s singing and has stories from, among others, his wife, his biographer David Ritz and producer Tommy LiPuma, who oversaw Scott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s final recordings. <\/p>\n<p>To hear the show from the network\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s archive, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b07cvhrv\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We follow Ms. Hobbs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s program with its subject performing in Tokyo in 2000. He is accompanied by his rhythm section\u00e2\u20ac\u201dMike Kanan, piano; Hill Greene, bass; and Dwayne &#8220;Cook&#8221; Broadax, drums. Masaru Uchibori conducts the orchestra.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYG55t2JcIA?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jimmy Scott, a rare and unusual talent who persevered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rifftides reader David Chilver wrote from Great Britain to alert us to a program that recently ran on BBC Radio 4 about the life, frustration, courage and ultimate success of the singer Jimmy Scott. Scott died in 2014 at the age of 88. His high contralto resulted from a childhood hormonal condition that blocked normal [&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-7584","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\/7584","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=7584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}