Hazel Scott was an enormously talented jazz and classical pianist whose popularity soared in the early 1940s. She appeared regularly at New York's Cafe Society in 1941, performed at Carnegie Hall in 1943, went to Hollywood, married Congressman Adam Clayton Powell in 1945 and was the first woman to have her own TV show in 1950. But ...
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On écoute l’Invention à 2 voix en la mineur de Bach dans l’interprétation de Hazel Scott avec la complicité de James Charles Heard à la batterie. C’est un extrait du tout premier album enregistré par Hazel Scott, à New York, le 11 décembre 1940, album qui obtient un très beau succès ; elle vient d’avoir 20 ans et ...
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Celebrating the 100th birthday of Hazel Scott. Scott was a jazz legend, pianist, and activist. This website features archived photos, videos, and audio showcasing her work.
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Hazel Scott was a pioneering jazz pianist, and the first black American to host her own network TV show. But when she stood up against racial segregation and stereotyping, the industry blacklisted her – and her name was all but erased from the history books.
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Associated Press. She was called the “Darling of Café Society” back in 1939 when New York City was alive with the sounds of swing. A sexy siren sitting bare-shouldered at the piano, Hazel...
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Jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott was not only the first African-American woman to host her own television show, but she also bravely stood up to the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood studio machine.
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Who is the great Hazel Scott? Hazel Scott, referred to as the “Darling of Café Society” was a Trinidad-born multitalented woman who left her reckoning force in music, television, and politics. Hazel Dorothy Scott was born in Port-au Spain, Trinidad on June 11, 1920.
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Hazel Scott was a born improviser, driven to break the rules. A musical prodigy, jazz sensation and television pioneer, she was born in Trinidad in 1920, but moved to New York—into the heart...
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