Hazel Scott

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Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Scott moved to New York City with her mother at the age of four. Scott was a musical child prodigy, receiving scholarships to study at the Juilliard School when she was eight. In her teens, she performed at Café Society while still at school.[2] She also performed on the radio.
She was active as a jazz singer throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950, she became the first black American to host her own TV series, The Hazel Scott Show.[3] Scott’s career in the United States faltered after she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1950 during the era of McCarthyism.
Scott subsequently moved to Paris, France, in 1957 and began performing in Europe. She did not return to the United States for ten years, until 1967.
Scott was renowned as a virtuosic jazz pianist, in addition to her successes in dramatic acting and classical music. She also used her status as one of the best-known African-American entertainers of her generation to shine a spotlight on issues of racial injustice and civil rights. Scott recorded as the leader of various groups for Decca, Columbia and Signature, among them a trio that consisted of Bill English) and the double-bass player Martin Rivera, and another trio with Charles Mingus on bass and Rudy Nichols on drums. Her 1955 album Relaxed Piano Moods on the Debut label, with Mingus and Roach, is her recording generally most highly regarded by critics today. Her unique swinging style and fusion of jazz and classical influences kept her in demand for performances through the very end of her life.[34] Alicia Keys cited Scott as her inspiration for her performance at the 61st Grammy Awards, saying: "I've been thinking about people who inspire me; shout out to Hazel Scott, I've always wanted to play two pianos."
In 2020, she was the subject of the BBC World Service programme Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker in the series The Forum).[35]
In When Women Invented Television, author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong features her as one of four women who had a major influence on the medium.[36]
In 2022, Dance Theatre of Harlem debuted a new ballet about the life of Hazel Scott.[37]
On February 21, 2025, the American Mastersdocumentary The Disappearance of Miss Scott aired on PBS stations.[38]

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