 1920-1981
Born in Trinidad, Hazel Scott was a musician trained in both classical and jazz piano. She was also a singer and actor, and an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation. As a musical prodigy, she received a scholarship to Juilliard School at age 8 and was the first Black American to host her own TV show in 1950. Click here to see Scott playing two grand pianos at once in a scene from the 1943 movie The Heat's On.
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