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The Jazz Expressions

Jimmy Scott: Across the Universe

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 30, 2011

Listening to Little Jimmy Scott sing is different from listening to any other singer. His high-pitched voice carries more emotion than any instrument can reasonably bear, and seems to come from a special place deep within his heart. Yet that voice also seems to resound from a profound source far beyond any one man, a place ...

On the Road

By The Jazz Expressions

Label: Wildflower Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. The Great One - 5:56; 2. A Single Tear of Remembrance - 10:48; 3. Straight Ahead - 5:35; 4. Okums Part I - 2:05; 5. Okums Part II - 4:05; 6. Early Time - 3:38; 7. Harriet Tubman - 5:57; 8. Shades of Bahia - 7:27; 9. Pinnacle of Joy - 5:28; 10. Dr. T.L.D. - 6:42.

The Jazz Expressions: On the Road

by Michael Holman
March 28, 2005

The Jazz Expressions, long the backing band for singer Jimmy Scott, check in with their third “solo release of straight-ahead instrumental jazz. Ten original compositions, helpfully labelled by style ("ballad," “swing," etc.), hold few surprises but show off the supple group dynamic developed over years of touring together and provide fodder for polished, literate improvisations from ...