Legendary Jimmy Scott Changed Me

So here I am, standing beside the legendary Jimmy Scott who is signing his own record 'If you only knew' to a dedicated fan. 'Hey, baby' he greets him with his cheerful voice and starts to slowly left-hand-write on the old vynil cover. Meanwhile, the man (fan) is just standing there and you could see tears in his eyes as he was witnessing this - probably it was the happiest day of his life.

Madonna once said "Jimmy Scott is the only singer that can make me cry". David Lynch gives a jazz singer a cameo apperance in Twin Peaks that I could never forget.

I first heard Jimmy Scott's stunning live apperance when he was singing 'I Will Love You Just The Same' in the Westlake Studios in LA, 26 June 2009, while historical recording sesions under Ralf Kemper's Production for Jimmy Scott's legasy album were held.
I was holding my precious D5 mark II in my right hand and with my left I was drying my tears ... Me, a profesional photographer invited to portrait a legend and there I am - I cry.
I felt I will never be the same after this. And I'm not.

Jimmy Scott might be the most unjustly ignored American singer of the 20th century but in my heart he will forever be written as the greatest of them all.

photo by Marta L. Lamovšek