SCOTT, Hazel
Name:
SCOTT, Hazel (b. 1920)
Musical genre:
Jazz/Impro
Country of birth:
Trinidad and Tobago
Country of location:
United States
Notes:
Classical and jazz painist and singer, and outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, she used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film. She 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. She also performed on the radio, and was the first black American to host her own TV series, The Hazel Scott Show.
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