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ON THIS DAY…The Hazel Scott Show premiered on the DuMont Television Network on July 3 1950 making Trinidadian born Hazel Scott the first African American woman to have her own television show.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, She performed jazz, blues, ballads, Broadway and boogie-woogie songs, and classical music in various nightclubs.
“The Darling of Cafe Society” most recently well-known for viral video of her playing two pianos simultaneously after Alicia Keys mentioned her in the 2019 Grammy Awards.
youtube.com/watch?v=1HdnjTCMzpg Hazel Scott Playing
youtube.com/watch?v=tPbwJQ1XR4c Alicia Keys Playing
Thanks to the vision of Barney Josephson, the owner of Café Society, to establish a venue where artists of all races and ethnicities could perform, from 1939 to 1943, she was a leading attraction at both the downtown and uptown branches of Café Society.
Along with Lena Horne, Scott was one of the first black women to gain respectable roles in major Hollywood pictures. She refused to take roles in Hollywood playing a "singing maid", and she turned down the first four roles she was offered for this reason.
youtube.com/watch?v=OSkfgxe0oFw
When she began performing in films, she insisted on having final cut privileges when it came to her appearance. BOSS MOVE!
Scott was renowned as a virtuosic jazz pianist, in addition to her successes in dramatic acting and classical music. She also used her status as one of the best-known African-American entertainers of her generation to shine a spotlight on issues of racial injustice and civil rights.
Scott recorded as the leader of various groups for Decca, Columbia and Signature, among them a trio that consisted of Bill English and the double bass player Martin Rivera, and another trio with Charles Mingus on bass and Rudie Nichols on drums.
Her 1955 album Relaxed Piano Moods on the Debut label, with Mingus and Roach, is generally her work most highly regarded by critics today. Her unique swinging style and fusion of jazz and classical influences kept her in demand for performances through the very end of her life.
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WaKanna was brought into existence through the synergistic efforts and shared foundational values of four African-American women who believe health, wealth, legacy and freedom are gifts that belong to all people. Some of these ladies have shaped multi-billion dollar companies and have helped empower over 5,000 minorities to join the Cannabis/CBD space. The company launched on April 20, 2019 with the goal of becoming the largest and most reputable minority-owned Cannabis/CBD oil company in the world.
0:00 - WAKANNA CBD
1:06 - INTRO
1:27 - YOUNG HAZEL SCOTT
4:15 - THE CAFE SOCIETY
5:58 - JAZZING UP THE CLASSICS
7:04 - HOLLYWOOD HAZEL
10:30 - 35+ YEARS BEFORE OPRAH!
ON THIS DAY…The Hazel Scott Show premiered on the DuMont Television Network on July 3 1950 making Trinidadian born Hazel Scott the first African American woman to have her own television show.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, She performed jazz, blues, ballads, Broadway and boogie-woogie songs, and classical music in various nightclubs.
“The Darling of Cafe Society” most recently well-known for viral video of her playing two pianos simultaneously after Alicia Keys mentioned her in the 2019 Grammy Awards.
youtube.com/watch?v=1HdnjTCMzpg Hazel Scott Playing
youtube.com/watch?v=tPbwJQ1XR4c Alicia Keys Playing
Thanks to the vision of Barney Josephson, the owner of Café Society, to establish a venue where artists of all races and ethnicities could perform, from 1939 to 1943, she was a leading attraction at both the downtown and uptown branches of Café Society.
Along with Lena Horne, Scott was one of the first black women to gain respectable roles in major Hollywood pictures. She refused to take roles in Hollywood playing a "singing maid", and she turned down the first four roles she was offered for this reason.
youtube.com/watch?v=OSkfgxe0oFw
When she began performing in films, she insisted on having final cut privileges when it came to her appearance. BOSS MOVE!
Scott was renowned as a virtuosic jazz pianist, in addition to her successes in dramatic acting and classical music. She also used her status as one of the best-known African-American entertainers of her generation to shine a spotlight on issues of racial injustice and civil rights.
Scott recorded as the leader of various groups for Decca, Columbia and Signature, among them a trio that consisted of Bill English and the double bass player Martin Rivera, and another trio with Charles Mingus on bass and Rudie Nichols on drums.
Her 1955 album Relaxed Piano Moods on the Debut label, with Mingus and Roach, is generally her work most highly regarded by critics today. Her unique swinging style and fusion of jazz and classical influences kept her in demand for performances through the very end of her life.
avibe.wakannaforlife.com/New-Home-Page WAKANNA CBD
THE WAKANNA MOVEMENT!
Under the direction of these four women, WaKanna For Life creates some of the highest quality products in the world. By focusing on industry staples and the hottest trends like edibles and water solubles, they're well positioned to become a dominant player in the Cannabis arena.
WaKanna was brought into existence through the synergistic efforts and shared foundational values of four African-American women who believe health, wealth, legacy and freedom are gifts that belong to all people. Some of these ladies have shaped multi-billion dollar companies and have helped empower over 5,000 minorities to join the Cannabis/CBD space. The company launched on April 20, 2019 with the goal of becoming the largest and most reputable minority-owned Cannabis/CBD oil company in the world.
0:00 - WAKANNA CBD
1:06 - INTRO
1:27 - YOUNG HAZEL SCOTT
4:15 - THE CAFE SOCIETY
5:58 - JAZZING UP THE CLASSICS
7:04 - HOLLYWOOD HAZEL
10:30 - 35+ YEARS BEFORE OPRAH!
