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Kenneth Kamal Scott
Kenneth Kamal Scott is a singer, dancer and actor whose sixty-five-year career has included numerous achievements in a diverse array of genres and settings, including Broadway, jazz, pop, opera, ballet and modern dance.〔Black Genius: Inspirational Portraits of America's Black Leaders, Dick Russell and Alvin F. Poussaint, New York: Skyhorse Publishing Inc., 2009, 185〕
Scott began his performance career as a singer at age seven, and by the age of eleven began performing at the Apollo Theater as the featured vocalist for legends such as Earl "Fatha" Hines.〔Variety, 5/13/1953〕 Other notable accomplishments include dancing as a member of the Alvin Ailey company in 1959, rising to the starring role of The Wiz in the Broadway company from 1975 to 1979,〔http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=88755 (Kenneth Scott's IBDB page)〕〔"Kamal as the Wiz is Electrifying", Chicago Defender, 6/7/1977〕 scoring a hit with the song “Bolinas” as featured vocalist with Billy Cobham in 1978,〔http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Cobham-Simplicity-Of-Expression-Depth-Of-Thought/release/1052402〕 and appearances with the Boston Pops under John Williams. In his later career, Scott began exploring and teaching the art of Bel canto singing, including a recital at Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center in October 2004.〔Recital Program, Merkin Concert Hall, 10/31/2004〕 Scott is currently on faculty as a vocal instructor at the Mannes College of Music and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.〔Peterson's College Guide for Performing Arts Majors, 2007, p288. 〕Also Morgan State University as Artist in Residence since August 28, 2012. He became a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, Pi Eta chapter, on April 6, 2013.
Scott was diagnosed with liver cancer in July 2014 and died on February 1, 2015.〔(Memorial Concert Celebrating the Life of Kenneth Kamal Scott ), Hey Event, 03-25-2015.〕
== Family ==
Scott comes from a musical family.〔http://kennethkamalscott.webs.com/myfamousfamily.htm〕 His uncle, Irving Ashby, was a legendary jazz guitarist who performed with the Nat King Cole trio. His mother, Phyllis Ashby, performed as a big band vocalist, and his father, Leslie Scott, was a highly successful baritone who played Porgy in the national and international production of Porgy and Bess in 1953 and later played Jake in the 1959 film version.〔Leslie Scott's IMBD page, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779483/〕 Scott has two sons by his first wife, Myrna White: Kenneth Scott, and Jonathan Scott, who was a noted hip-hop artist under the name Dred Scott.〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dred+Scott〕 Scott is also father-in-law to jazz singer Adriana Evans, married his son, Jonathan.
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