Fans are reminded ‘Who is Jill Scott’ as Grammy-winner performs debut album in full in New Jersey

The year 2000 was to so-called neo-soul what the year 1959 was to so-called jazz. In 1959, the world got albums like Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” Charles Mingus’ “Mingus Ah-Um” and Ornette Coleman’s “The Shape of Jazz to Come.” In 2000, the world got albums like D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun” and Musiq Soulchild’s “Aijuswanaseing.”

In that transformative transition year that ushered in a new century, Jill Scott stood out among the slew of amazing Black music masterstrokes. Getting her first writing placement just a year before on The Roots’ Grammy-winning single, “You Got Me,” Scott unleashed her debut, “Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1.”

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