Friends and family of Jimmy Scott gathered on Saturday (25Oct14) in New York to pay tribute to the jazz singer. Producer Hal Willner, U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel and biographer David Ritz attended a memorial service at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem for Scott, who passed away in June (14) at the age of 88.
Singers including Sam Moore, Andy Bey and Chuck Jackson brought their musical talents to the memorial singing renditions of Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, Embraceable You and Any Day Now, respectively, while Sharyn Felder, the daughter of singer Doc Pomus, spoke at the event, according to Billboard.com.
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