Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

~ Recording by Jimmy Scott

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child4:52Jimmy ScottThe SourceJimmy ScottAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 8242
1.7Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child4:52Jimmy ScottThe SourceJimmy ScottAlbum
Warner Jazz8122-73526-2

Relationships

recorded in:New York, United States (on 1969-03-03)
bass:Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1969-03-03)
drums (drum set):Bruno Carr (on 1969-03-03)
piano:Junior Mance (on 1969-03-03)
strings:unidentified strings ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1969-03-03)
tenor saxophone:Joe Gentle (on 1969-03-03)
woodwind [tenor sax, flute]:David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1969-03-03)
vocals:Jimmy Scott (US jazz vocalist) (on 1969-03-03)
arranger:Arif Mardin
recording of:Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (on 1969-03-03)

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:Sometimes I Feel / Nobody Knows
later versions:Motherless Child
is the basis for:Freedom
arrangements:Motherless Child
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Peters, White)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (for voice and piano, Hogan)