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Hazel Scott
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American musician (1920-1981)
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It sits within the topics 1920 births, 1981 deaths and 20th-century American pianists.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Stress and Anxiety Management Strategies
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Film & TV
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Hazel Dorothy Scott was a Trinidad-born jazz and classical pianist, singer, actress, television pioneer, and civil rights advocate. Born on June 11, 1920, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, she moved to Harlem, New York, as a child and became a celebrated prodigy, studying piano at Juilliard at an unusually young age. Known for her dazzling ability to “swing the classics,” Scott blended classical…
Known for
- The Disappearance of Miss Scott — Self (archival footage)2025
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist — Self (archive footage)1998
- Trial Run — Herself1969
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- CBS Playhouse — Mrs. Foley1966
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- The Night Affair — Valentine Horse1958
- A Bullet in the Gun Barrel — Self / Singer of the nightclub1958
- Reflets de Cannes — Self1954
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Times Escape2013
- Constant 292013
- Dark Mind2013
- Complex Silence 362013
- Like a Pelican of the Wilderness2013
- Desert Winds2013
- Rain 12013
- Seeking Rest2013
- The Path to the Gods2013
- Into the Eternal Darkness2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 14,356
- Total plays
- 90,066
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Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in New York City from the age of four. She performed extensively on piano as a child, then trained at the Juilliard School. She appeared in the production Priorities of 1942 and performed numerous times at the famed Carnegie Hall. Her motion picture career included the films Something To Shout About, Dood It, Broadway Rhythm, The Heat'
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hazel
- Family name
- Scott
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Hazel Scott in Rhapsody in Blue trailer.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Hazel Scott
- writing language
- English language
- Commons gallery
- Hazel Scott
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- date of birth
- 1920-06-11
- date of death
- 1981-10-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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