I kind of dislike the term, reducing music to a tool for audio, but playing the same music on different equipment can be a very helpful way to determine difference. One of my favorite albums, and therefore one of my test tracks, comes from Jimmy Scott; All The Way available as a 24/192 download from HDtracks. If you don't know Jimmy Scott, he recently passed away at the age of 88 and his solo recording career began with his first album Very Truly Yours back in 1955 on Savoy but his carrer spanned all the way back to the late 1940's when he sang with the Lionel Hampton Band (Scott's vocal was uncredited on the album). Scott suffered from Kallmann's Syndrome which among other things left him with a distinctive contralto voice.
Jimmy Scott Holding Back The Years Rar 2017
Scott sang ballads, the classics, yet his way with them was truly unique and to my ears, and many others, quite extraordinary; haunting, sensual, sublime.All the Way (Sire) was originally recorded in 1992 after Scott had resurfaced thanks to people like Lou Reed and David Lynch who cast Scott in the final episode of his TV Series Twin Peaks. I say resurfaced because Scott had a series of bad luck largely related to a lousy lifetime contract he had signed early on which kept some of his recordings from being released for decades. By the 1970s he had moved back to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio working as 'a hospital orderly, shipping clerk and as an elevator operator in a hotel' according to Wikipedia.I usually listen to all of All the Way when time permits but the one track that gets played on most every piece of gear that comes through here is 'Every Time We Say Goodbye'. If I'm not moved by this song, something is most definitely wrong. Scott is joined by Kenny Barron (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Grady Tate (drums), John Pisano (guitar), and David 'Fathead' Newman (sax).Ray Charles said of Scott, “Jimmy was singing soul way back before the word was being used.” If you want a soul classic, and one that sounds great on the hi-fi, get yourself All The Way from.