Emmanuel may not have been Jim's best performance, yet for me it was the highlight of the show. Don't know if this is because in general I often seem to actually prefer technically non-perfect performances and voices. I can hear the "beauty" of the perfect stuff, just doesn't turn me on as much as something I can only clumsily and inadequately describe as soul and passion. And Jim's rendition conveyed something of that for me that night, even if there were things wrong with it.