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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = James Scott
| image =
| caption = Scott, {{c.}} 1904
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = James Sylvester Scott
| alias = The Little Professor<ref name="piano society">{{cite web|
| birth_date = February 12, 1885
| birth_place = [[Neosho, Missouri|Neosho]], [[Missouri]],
| death_date = August 30, 1938 (aged 53)
| death_place = {{nowrap|[[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]],
| origin =
| instrument = Piano, organ
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'''James Sylvester Scott''' (February 12, 1885
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==Career==
[[
Ragtime Historians Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis recount that Scott went to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], in search of his idol Scott Joplin in 1905.<ref>[[#Berlin|Berlin (1994)]] pp. 146.</ref> He located Joplin and asked if he would listen to one of his ragtime compositions. Upon hearing the rag, Joplin introduced him to his own publisher, [[John Stillwell Stark]], and recommended he publish the work. Stark published the rag a year later as "[[Frog Legs Rag]]". It quickly became a hit and was second in sales in the Stark catalogue only to that of Joplin's own "[[Maple Leaf Rag]]".<ref name="Berlin">{{cite book
In 1914, Scott moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]], where he married Nora Johnson, taught music, and accompanied silent movies as an organist and arranger at the Panama Theater.<ref name="Jasen and Tichenor"/><ref name="Blesh">{{cite book
In the last years of his life, Scott busied himself with teaching, composing and leading an eight-piece band that played for various beer parks and movie theaters in the area. With the arrival of sound movies, however, his fortunes declined. He lost his theater work, his wife died without child, and his health deteriorated.<ref name="Jasen2007"/> He moved in with his cousin Ruth Callahan in [[Kansas City, Kansas]], and even though was suffering from chronic [[dropsy]], he continued to compose and play piano. He also worked as an accompanist for dances.<ref>{{cite web|title=James Scott, 1885-1938|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200035819/|access-date=2023-12-04|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> Scott died at Douglas Hospital on August 30, 1938, at age 52 and was laid beside his wife in Westlawn Cemetery.<ref>[[#Blesh|Blesh (1950)]] pp. 119.</ref>
Scott's best-known compositions include
Scott was a cousin of [[blues]] singer [[Ada Brown (singer)|Ada Brown]].<ref name="Jasen and Tichenor"/>
{|
|{{Listen|filename=Frog Legs Rag 3.ogg|title=Frog Legs Rag|description=Scott's first hit, "[[Frog Legs Rag]]" (1906)}}▼
|{{Listen|filename=James Scott, Grace and Beauty 2.ogg|title=Grace and Beauty|description="[[Grace and Beauty]]" (1909)}}
▲|description=Scott's first hit, "[[Frog Legs Rag]]" (1906)
|}
==In popular culture==
In the
▲In the Third Season of the [[HBO]] series [[Boardwalk Empire]], Scott is portrayed by an uncredited actor in the episode "Spaghetti and Coffee".
==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Music}}
{{wikisource|Author:James Scott|James Scott}}▼
* [[List of compositions by James Scott]]
* [[List of ragtime composers]]
==References==
{{
* DeVeaux, Scott and William Howland Kenney (1992) ''The Music of James Scott'', Smithsonian Institution Press.
==External links==
▲{{wikisource|Author:James Scott|James Scott}}
{{Commons category|James Scott}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165917/http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/jazzfolk/scotj_00.htm James Scott] on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170702081748/http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/ Kansas City Jazz site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100814021226/http://www.perfessorbill.com/pbmidi2.shtml "Perfessor" Bill Edwards plays Scott compositions and provides background on many of his works]
* {{Find a Grave|7434592}}
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yyBka6R3IDWKUmOuZgWLISXtuYBMunRLTpSgrkRs2es/edit?usp=sharing James Scott: Innovative American Composer]
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* {{Cantorion|composers/513/James-Sylvester-Scott|James Scott}}
* {{IMSLP|id=Scott, James}}
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[[Category:African-American male pianists]]
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