Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC »

The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate

JazzTimes

“[A] compact and engaging book . . . succinct and lucid. . . . Perhaps the highest compliment one can pay to this fine biography is that during the first 150 pages the reader is wondering why Scott isn’t better known, at least in the jazz world. But by the story’s end . . . the same reader knows exactly why, but is still likely to be singing her praises as a true trailblazer in African-American culture.”
—JazzTimes

Ch. 1 That Marvel of Marvels 1

Ch. 2 A World Away 9

Ch. 3 Paraphrasing Rachmaninoff 18

Ch. 4 Women's Work 25

Ch. 5 Crescendo 35

Ch. 6 Hazel's Boogie-Woogie 49

Ch. 7 Seeing Stars 72

Ch. 8 Adam 90

Intermezzo 97

Ch. 9 Fervor & the Fury 101

Ch. 10 The Powells 110

Ch. 11 Black and Red 137

Ch. 12 Notes of Discord 151

Ch. 13 La Paix de Paris? 173

Ch. 14 Saint Mary Lou 190

Ch. 15 Rondo 203

Ch. 16 Reverie 215

Acknowledgments 229

Notes 233

Selected Discography and Filmography 253

Bibliography 259

Index 263