Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Scott was a child prodigy, born in Trinidad and raised in Harlem in the 1920s, and her musical talent was cultivated by her musician mother as well as several great jazz luminaries of the period, including Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, and Lester Young. Career success was swift for the young pianist: she auditioned at the prestigious Juilliard School when she was only eight years old, hosted her own radio show, and shared the bill at the Roseland Ballroom with the Count Basie...
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The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocateJazzTimes“[A] compact and engaging book . . . succinct and lucid. . . . Perhaps the highest compliment one can pay to this fine biography is that during the first 150 pages the reader is wondering why Scott isn’t better known, at least in the jazz world. But by the story’s end . . . the same reader knows exactly why, but is still likely to be singing her praises as a true trailblazer in African-American culture.”—JazzTimes
Ch. 1 That Marvel of Marvels 1Ch. 2 A World Away 9Ch. 3 Paraphrasing Rachmaninoff 18Ch. 4 Women's Work 25Ch. 5 Crescendo 35Ch. 6 Hazel's Boogie-Woogie 49Ch. 7 Seeing Stars 72Ch. 8 Adam 90Intermezzo 97Ch. 9 Fervor & the Fury 101Ch. 10 The Powells 110Ch. 11 Black and Red 137Ch. 12 Notes of Discord 151Ch. 13 La Paix de Paris? 173Ch. 14 Saint Mary Lou 190Ch. 15 Rondo 203Ch. 16 Reverie 215Acknowledgments 229Notes 233Selected Discography and Filmography 253Bibliography 259Index 263
\ From the Publisher“[A] compact and engaging book . . . succinct and lucid. . . . Perhaps the highest compliment one can pay to this fine biography is that during the first 150 pages the reader is wondering why Scott isn’t better known, at least in the jazz world. But by the story’s end . . . the same reader knows exactly why, but is still likely to be singing her praises as a true trailblazer in African-American culture.”\ —JazzTimes\ "A well-researched biography on an unnecessarily forgotten star."\ —New York City Jazz Record\ \ \ \ \ \ JazzTimes"[A] compact and engaging book . . . succinct and lucid. . . . Perhaps the highest compliment one can pay to this fine biography is that during the first 150 pages the reader is wondering why Scott isn’t better known, at least in the jazz world. But by the story's end . . . the same reader knows exactly why, but is still likely to be singing her praises as a true trailblazer in African-American culture."\ —JazzTimes\ \
