Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Irene Anderson (* 11. November 1928 in Houston , Texas ; † 10. March 2016 in Shoreline , Washington ) was an American jazz - and blues - singer .
Life
Ernestine Anderson was already on stage as a teenager; In the early 1940s she sang once a week in Russell Jacquet's big band. In 1944 her family moved to Seattle. There she soon sang in Blackwell's Junior Band - in which Quincy Jones played at the same time .
From 1947 to 1949, Anderson left Seattle and toured with the band of rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis . Also in 1947, she recorded her first record in Los Angeles with Shifty Henry ’s Orchestra ( Good Lovin 'Babe / KC Lover , Black & White Records ). Anderson married and moved back to Seattle in 1949 after giving birth to their first child.
In 1952/53 she returned to the music business and found a job with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra , with whom she went to New York. In 1955 she sang two tracks on the Gigi Gryce record Nica's Tempo ( Savoy Records ). Whereupon she was invited to a Scandinavian tour by Rolf Ericson in 1956 . In 1957 she recorded her first long-playing record with the Harry Arnold big band . The record was released in the United States in 1958 by Mercury Records under the title Hot Cargo . Hot Cargo brought her great success: in 1958 she sang at the Monterey Jazz Festival , in 1959 she was voted “Best New Vocal Star” by Down-Beat magazine.
In the 1960s, taste in music changed to the detriment of jazz. In the mid-1960s she moved to London for two years , after which Anderson returned to the American west coast. When she met jazz bassist Ray Brown again in 1975 , he became her manager and got her an appearance at the Concord Jazz Festival 1976, which led to the conclusion of a contract with Concord Records . This was followed by appearances in Japan and Europe - she performed several times at the Monterey Jazz Festival (most recently in 2003 with Lafayette Harris ) and in 1988 at Carnegie Hall . Anderson stayed with Concord until 1993 , where she released nearly twenty albums, including with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra . In 1993 she signed with Quincy Jones' label Qwest Records , which she stayed with until the late 1990s.
The Bumbershoot Arts Festival Seattle awarded her the Golden Umbrella Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002.
Anderson had three children and last lived in a retirement home. Ernestine Anderson died on March 10, 2016 at the age of 87 in Shoreline , Washington .
Discography (selection)
- 1958: Hot Cargo (Mercury Records)
- 1960: My Kinda Swing (Mercury Recordds)
- 1976: Hello Like Before (Concord Records)
- 1981: Never Make Your Move Too Soon (Concord)
- 1983: Big City (Concord)
- 1985: When The Sun Goes Down (Concord)
- 1993: Now and Then (Qwest Records)
- 1996: Blues, News & Love News (Qwest Records)
- 2011: Nightlife: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (High Note), u. a. with Houston Person , Lafayette Harris , Lonnie Plaxico , Jerome Jennings , Willie Jones III
literature
- Scott Yanow : The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide . Music Dispatch, 2008. ISBN 0-879-30825-7 . page 5
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazz great Ernestine Anderson dies
- ↑ Ernestine Anderson, Grammy-Nominated Jazz Singer, Dies at 87 , Variety, March 13, 2016, accessed March 25, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Ernestine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Ernestine Irene (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and blues singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2016 |
| Place of death | Shoreline , Washington |