Hazel Scott Net Worth is
$1.9 Million

Mini Biography

In a period of stereotypical views of black ladies, particularly browner-skinned ladies, as mammies, homely, and unattractive, dazzling Hazel Scott changed that image with her natural splendor and breathtaking glamour and spunky sex appeal. Ladies such as for example Ethel Waters in fact became a stereotype by causing herself homely and showing up in mammie clothing to become more suitable to white people, Hazel transformed that for certain. She was typically the most popular dark pianist and vocalist in the 1940s, in a period of competition of several feminine pianists-arranger-songwriters and performers such as for example Dorothy Donegan and Una Mae Carlisle. Hazel increased above them due to having that extra course and beauty. She was multi-talented, in a position to play numerous instruments and, actually without a mike, her gorgeous, warm, noisy but soothing tone of voice can be noticed in the largest theatre and nightclub. Hazel along with Billie Vacation, Lena Horne, Una Mae Carlisle, Ida Wayne, Savannah Churchill, Ella Fitzgerald became effective dark woman vocalists and provided equality to show their art like a white woman vocalist and display their beauty, sex charm and glamour rather than be stereotyped to be able to display it as with earlier years. These ladies of color in the 1940s received opportunities that dark feminine vocalist in the 1920s and 1930s weren’t provided. In the 1940s, dark woman vocalists were getting cross-over successes with their own, initial voices without offering out, many experienced bought out positions that white woman vocalists make use of to have which was a door opener alone. Black female performers were performing with white rings, singing in top quality locations that once didn’t accept dark female performers, showing up in movies without having to be stereotypes, showing up in publications, and becoming home names was an excellent achievement that dark female vocalist acquired a submit doing. Many provide Lena Horne all of the glory when Hazel and Lena became both most popular primary attractions, in a number of films they made an appearance together…a genuine first, two beautiful black colored women getting together at exactly the same time on display screen without stereotypes. Hazel never stayed in her place, because she was dark, it didn’t produce her just sing the blues and jazz which surprise some, she could sing classical, present tunes, Broadway music and take blues or jazz and produce it a classical melody but, whatever she sung or played, the abilities she inherit from her lifestyle was always evident. In whatever she sung, you could hear the flexibility; you could hear gospel, blues, jazz, spirit and tempo in her tone of voice and piano playing that place her within a course of her very own. Her fast finger, rhythmic playing was a wow in virtually any genre of music she performed. Hazel, being truly a normally determined person, sensed skill will prevail over color and sexism and she was correct. Hazel faced even more complications than most feminine performers because she had not been just a vocalist but pianist, arranger and song-writer and frequently times females like her numerous talents certainly are a risk to males available who just desire a female to look fairly and sing but once again Hazel didn’t stay static in her place, she fought on her behalf privileges with whites and fought sexism with some in her personal race. She’s really an unsung tale and achiever who should get as very much honor as Lena Horne, Billie Vacation and ‘Ella Fitzgerald’ because Hazel will just as much as them or even more. If Hazel was around today, she’d certainly be a musical genius, Alicia Tips isn’t the initial.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Hazel Scott
Died	October 2, 1981, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York, United States
Profession	Actor, Singer, Jazz Pianist, Hazel's Boogie Woogie, Two-Part Invention in a Minor, A Foggy Day
Education	Juilliard School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Children	Adam Clayton Powell III
Parents	R. Thomas Scott, Alma Long Scott, Hazel's Boogie Woogie, Two-Part Invention in a Minor, A Foggy Day
Movies	The Night Affair
TV Shows	The Hazel Scott Show