Today’s Beautiful Music features an extraordinarily talented and versatile musician — Hazel Scott. She was born in Trinidad in 1920, and moved to New York City as a child, and she demonstrated precocious talent as a pianist and singer. At age 8 she became a scholarship student at The Juilliard School. Classical and jazz music were Hazel Scott’s specialties, and today you can hear her perform a Prelude by Sergei Rachmaninoff that she skillfully morphs into a jazz improvisation. Use the link below to learn more about this gifted musician.
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hazel-scott