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☆Hazel Scott☆ Remembering the great Hazel Scott who was born on this day in 1920. She was not only a gifted pianist and singer – a child prodigy who at only eight-years-old was given a scholarship from the Julliard School of Music to be privately tutored – Scott was also an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, She used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film. In 1950, Hazel Scott hosted her own network show, The Hazel Scott Show. For 45 minutes every week, she played piano and interacted with her audience. It was the first TV show ever to be hosted by an African American, and it received outstanding ratings. Later that year, right-wing journal Red Channels put out a list of actors, musicians and others in entertainment industry suspected of being Communist sympathisers. The list included Leonard Bernstein, Orson Wells and Hazel Scott. She volunteered to testify before the House Un-American Activities and strongly criticised the blacklisting process. A week later, her talk show was cancelled and she moved to Paris. Here, she is playing two grand pianos at once in 1943. REPOST @thejazzestate with @get__repost__app #musicainstrumental #jazz #life #theme #jazz🎷 #musicworld #fusionmusic #music #musiclovers #musicpromotion #musicfestival #piano #jazzmusic #jazzbass #jazzguitar #jazzfusion #milesdavis #miles #milesdavisart #jazzsolo #jazzvinyl #jazz #musicsheet #charlieparker #jacopastorius #sheet #musicsheet #jazzbrasil #jazzespaña #jazzlickdaily