Nacida en Trinidad y Tobago, a los 4 años su familia se traslada a Nueva York, reconocida como un niña prodigio musical, recibió una beca para estudiar piano clásico en la Juilliard School a lla edad de ocho años. De adolescente, tocó piano y la trompeta con su madre "Alma Long Scott" en una banda de jazz de chicas y esporádicamente con Lil Hardin Armstrong.
A lo largo de los años 1930 y 1940, Hazel incursionó principalmente en el jazz, el blues, boogie-woogie y música clásica en varios clubes nocturnos.
Fue una de las primeras mujeres afro-americanas en lograr papeles principales en películas y ya en los años '50 en en tener un programa de televisión. Lamentablemente fue cancelado por haber sido llamada a declarar ante el Comité de Actividades Antiamericanas, por su oposición al segregación racial y al macartismo. Emigró a Francia en donde alternó entre alguno papeles en films y giras europeas.
Regresó a EEUU en 1967, siguió tocando de vez en cuando en los clubes nocturnos, mientras que también aparece en la televisión hasta el año de su muerte, en 1981.
Del álbum de
1955, Relaxed Piano Moods. Charles Mingus y Max Roach cantaron Hazel
Scott para grabar para su sello independiente, Debut, en 1954. Trajeron a
Rudy Van Gelder para grabar este álbum con Scott en Nueva York en enero
de 1955. Scott fue un prodigio. Fue a Juilliard a las ocho, recorrió el
mundo tocando el piano clásico, tuvo su propio programa de radio en
1936 y apareció en Broadway en 1938. Fusionó el jazz y la música clásica
y estuvo en cinco películas durante los años 40, incluyendo "Rhapsody
in Blue". "Incluso tuvo su propio programa de televisión," The Hazel
Scott Show "en 1950.
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Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a Trinidadian-born jazz and classical pianist and singer; she also performed as herself in several films.
Born in Port of Spain, Hazel was taken at the age of four by her mother to New York City. Recognized early as a musical prodigy, Scott was given scholarships from the age of eight to study at the Juilliard School. She began performing in a jazz band in her teens and was performing on radio at age 16.
She was prominent as a jazz singer throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950, she became the first person of color to have a TV show, The Hazel Scott Show,[1] featuring a variety of entertainment. Her career in America faltered after she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee during the McCarthy era. Scott subsequently moved to Paris in the late 1950s and performed in France, not returning to the United States until 1967. MORE ...
The disc presented here is Relaxed Piano Moods, with Charles Mingus and Max Roach.
From the 1955 album, Relaxed Piano Moods. Charles Mingus
and Max Roach singed Hazel Scott to record for their independent label,
Debut, in 1954. They brought on Rudy Van Gelder to record this album
with Scott in New York in January 1955. Scott was a prodigy. She went
to Juilliard at eight, toured the world playing classical piano, had
her own radio show in 1936 and appeared on Broadway in 1938. She fused
jazz and classical music and was in five films during the ’40s,
including “Rhapsody in Blue.” She even had her own television show,
“The Hazel Scott Show” in 1950.
1. Like Someone in Love
2. Peace of Mind
3. Lament
4. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
5. Git Up from There
6. A Foggy Day
7. Mountain Greenery
8. Git Up from There [Alternate Take]
9. Lament [Alternate Take]
Credits:
Bass – Charles Mingus
Drums – Max Roach
Piano – Hazel Scott
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 21, 1955
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Label: Debut Records – DLP-16
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Cool Jazz
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