Hazel Scott on Piano Jazz

  ---Classical Stations: Sat, Jun 13, 8 pm | News Stations: Sun, Jun 14, 7 pm --- Hazel Scott Pianist and vocalist Hazel Scott (June 11, 1920 – 1981) was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A child prodigy, she had a life-long career as a jazz artist on stage and screen, performing late into her life throughout the US and Europe. On this episode of Piano Jazz from 1980, Scott performs a set of standards including tunes by Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, and Ray Noble, and joins host Marian McPartland for a duet in “Fine and Dandy” and Mary Lou Williams’ “Kool Bongo.”