1 Myrna White (1964 – 1972) 2 Etta Russell (2009 – 2015)
Children
Kenneth Jonathan
Website
kennethkamalscott.webs.com/
Kenneth Kamal Scott (3 March 1940 – 1 February 2015) was an American singer, dancer and actor, whose sixty-five-year career had included numerous achievements in a diverse array of genres and settings, including Broadway, jazz, pop, opera, ballet and modern dance.[1]
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 musicians such as Earl "Fatha" Hines.[2] 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,[3][4] scoring a hit with the song Bolinas as featured vocalist with Billy Cobham in 1978,[5] 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.[6] Scott was on faculty as a vocal instructor at the Mannes College of Music and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music,[7] 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.[8]
Family
Scott comes from a musical family.[9] His uncle, Irving Ashby, was a 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 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.[10] Scott has two sons by his first wife, Myrna White: Kenneth and Jonathan, who was a noted hip-hop artist under the name Dred Scott,[11] and who was married to jazz singer Adriana Evans.
