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Ravinia debut
JILL SCOTT
A native of Philadelphia, Jill Scott had not sought
out a career in music, but one found her none-
theless. A er studying to become an English
teacher, she began performing as a spoken-word
artist, reading her own poetry. On one occasion
in the late ’ s, ?uestlove, the drummer of
e
Roots, caught a performance and invited her to
sit in with the band in its studio. e result was
the song “You Got Me,” which was recorded with
Erykah Badu for e Roots’
disc
ings Fall
Apart
. A er the single won the Grammy for Best
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, e Roots
invited Scott to perform “You Got Me” with
them live, introducing her as its co-writer and
original artist. She subsequently collaborated on
songs with Will Smith and Common, and later
in
she released her debut album,
Who Is Jill
Scott? Words and Sounds Vol.
. Scott accumulat-
ed ve Grammy nominations from the album,
nally winning her rst in
for “Cross My
Mind” o her second studio album,
Beautifully
Human: Words and Sounds Vol.
(
).
at
same year, she earned a place on the
New York
Times
bestseller list with a collection of her
poetry,
e Moments,
e Minutes, e Hours
.
Scott released the third volume of
Words and
Sounds
in
, the same year she collaborated
on a version of Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the
Child” with George Benson and Al Jarreau,
which earned her a second Grammy. Each of her
Words and Sounds
volumes received Best R&B
Album nominations. Having also started acting
in
, she added several major credits to her
resume in
and
, including the leading
role in the Peabody Award–winning HBO/BBC
miniseries
e No. Ladies’ Detective Agency
.
Scott made a triumphant return to music with
’s
e Light of the Sun
, her rst number-one
album, which featured the hit “So In Love,” a
collaboration with Anthony Hamilton. Her
disc,
Woman
, also hit number one upon
its release, and she recently earned a Grammy
nomination for its song “Can’t Wait.” Jill Scott is
making her Ravinia debut.
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