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Who was Hazel Scott, the forgotten jazz virtuoso who fought against racial segregation?
18 June 2020, 12:42 | Updated: 21 January 2022, 16:48
Hazel Scott was a pioneering jazz pianist, and the first black American to host her own network TV show.
But when she stood up against racial segregation and stereotyping, the industry blacklisted her – and her name was all but erased from the history books.
A virtuoso pianist and jazz singer, the first black American to host her own TV show, and an outspoken critic of racial discrimination: in the 1940s and ‘50s, Trinidadian-born entertainer and activist Hazel Scott was hard to ignore.
Throughout the mid-20th century, Hazel Scott was the toast of the New York jazz and popular music scene.
She was a phenomenally gifted pianist and improviser, known for ‘jazzing up’ classic works by Bach and Mozart, and had the most high-profile fans you could wish for – from Frank Sinatra to Duke Ellington.
Scott’s blinding success in the music indust