Hazel Scott

Biography

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's On, and Rhapsody in Blue.