Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café 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 Orch...