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Rhoda Scott fête ses 80 printemps en 2018 et pour l'occasion le Théâtre Monsabré a l'immense honneur de la recevoir à Blois. Organiste et chanteuse de jazz américaine, Rhoda Scott est née le 4 juillet 1938, à Dorothy, dans l’État du New Jersey. Enfant, lorsqu’elle jouait sur l’orgue du presbytère où son père était pasteur, elle se mettait pieds nus pour ne pas abîmer le bois du pédalier, une habitude qu’elle a conservée et qui lui a valu le surnom de «Barefoot lady ». Après des études à la prestigieuse Manhattan School of Music, elle rejoint le Conservatoire de Fontainebleau où elle étudie auprès de Nadia Boulanger. A l’issue de sa formation, Rhoda Scott possède un talent complet qui la rend aussi à l’aise dans la musique classique que dans le jazz, le gospel ou le blues. Cette ambassadrice de l’orgue Hammond aura joué avec les plus grands : Ray Charles, George Benson, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald… Grâce à sa mémoire musicale exceptionnelle, elle connaît plus de mille morceaux par coeur et compose la majeure partie de son répertoire. Forte de son charisme, sa voix prodigieuse, ses explications savoureuses (elle commente toujours les morceaux qu’elle va jouer),
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Rhoda Scott Biography
Rhoda Scott (b. ca. 1939) is an African-American Jazz organist.
The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters' degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music. By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond Organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician.
Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals."[1] From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as "The Barefoot Lady" and "The Barefoot Contessa." Following her lead, many other performers of popular organ music now also play barefoot. Because of her church training, however, Scott uses the pedals to play a genuine bass line, unlike many other jazz organists, which allows her to use her left hand for more elaborate chord work.[2] The resulting music is an energetic fusion of musical styles that partakes of jazz, gospel, and classical, reflecting both Scott’s early experience and her formal training.
In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.
Read MoreThe daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters' degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music. By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond Organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician.
Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals."[1] From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as "The Barefoot Lady" and "The Barefoot Contessa." Following her lead, many other performers of popular organ music now also play barefoot. Because of her church training, however, Scott uses the pedals to play a genuine bass line, unlike many other jazz organists, which allows her to use her left hand for more elaborate chord work.[2] The resulting music is an energetic fusion of musical styles that partakes of jazz, gospel, and classical, reflecting both Scott’s early experience and her formal training.
In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.
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