<body><![CDATA[Jimmy ScottΓÇÖs fan club numbers an oddly assorted bunch of VIPs, from Bruce Springsteen to Kim Basinger. But then nothing has been conventional about a career that seemed to have fizzled out a long time ago: the diminutive singer made ends meet working in a hotel until he was rediscovered by a new generation. An androgynous voice ΓÇô a dead ringer at times for Billie HolidayΓÇÖs ΓÇô made Scott one of the most distinctive jazz-R&B balladeers of the 1950s. The twists and turns of fate are documented in this double album, ScottΓÇÖs voice growing darker and more passionate with each passing year. A certain amount of anguished self-indulgence creeps in from time to time, but that is a modest price to pay for majestic reworkings of Nothing Compares 2 U and the gospel revivalism of What Are They Doing in Heaven Today.]]></body>