In this 1980 session, Scott performs "Memories of You" and duets with host Marian McPartland in "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me." Hazel Scott On Piano Jazz On this episode of Piano Jazz, pianist ...

Before it was the standard to be a Black performer and speak out against injustice, Hazel Scott (1920-1981) was doing it. The pianist, who garnered fame for her immense musical talents, used her ...

Years ago, I came across a viral video clip of a strikingly regal, savant-like woman in a white gown, playing two pianos. The clip was from the 1943 film The Heat’s On and the pianist was Hazel Scott.

Pioneering jazz pianist-singer Nat King Cole is best known for classics such as “Mona Lisa” and “The Christmas Song” as well as for hosting his own television show on NBC in 1956. However, it was a ...

Discover how Hazel Scott started jazzing the classics. At just 15 years old, Hazel Scott was playing as an intermission pianist at 52nd Street for headliner Frances Faye. Because the club didn't want ...

"Sounds of Hazel" will be have its regional premiere as part of a program performed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem May 4 at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, presented by ...

Ahmad Jamal is often credited with creating a new spacious sound in jazz. He had a tingling sense of touch on the piano that let each note ring profoundly and famously inspired Miles Davis to explore ...

Poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib writes about Hazel Scott’s forgotten legacy, revealing how “the immense love she had for her people” came at a great cost. Who, at least on this moment, seems ...

Jazz and classical pianist and singer Hazel Scott (1920-81) moved with her mother from Trinidad to Harlem when she was 4. It wasn't long before she was making herself heard. A piano prodigy, she ...