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Jimmy Scott: 'If You Only Knew'

Published February 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
<i>Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew</i> tells the singer's often tragic story through extensive interviews, archival photos and international concert footage.
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew tells the singer's often tragic story through extensive interviews, archival photos and international concert footage.

The eloquent, effortless jazz singer Jimmy Scott has gained a new prominence after languishing for decades, the victim of bad deals, bad timing and a fickle public. But he's never lost the energy and humanity that put him on the road to fame as a teenager.

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Jimmy Scott, jazz singer; his life is documented in new DVD, If You Only Knew.

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