On this episode of Piano Jazz, pianist Hazel Scott appears in a program from 1980. She performs a set of standards including tunes by Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, and Ray Noble, and joins ...

One of 20th century America’s greatest pioneers in music and showbiz, Hazel Scott raised the bar with this astounding performance on two pianos at the same time. We’ve all felt that hair-raising, ...

When she became a celebrity in the 1940s, and even when she had her own television show in 1950; movie producers offered African American actors only stereotypical roles. Long before the civil rights ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 of the ...

A musical adventurer, a swingin' pianist, a passionate activist and a trailblazer for black Americans on the small screen. That's Hazel Scott - the woman who did it all. Originally from Trinidad and ...

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 ...