Anderson, Ernestine

LC control no.	n 84009998
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Anderson, Ernestine *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1928-11-11
Death date	2016-03-10
Place of birth	Houston (Tex.)
Place of death	Seattle (Wash.)
Field of activity	Jazz vocals
Affiliation	Lionel Hampton Allstar Big Band Philip Morris Superband Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Russell Jacquets Band
Profession or occupation	Jazz singers
Found in	Big city [SR] p1983: labels (Ernestine Anderson) container (jazz singer) Grove music online, Feb. 2, 2005: Jazz (Anderson, Ernestine (Irene); b. Nov. 11, 1928, Houston; American singer) African American National Biography, accessed November 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Anderson, Ernestine; jazz singer; born 11 November 1928 in Houston, Texas, United States; performed with Russell Jacquets band (1943); recording debut with Shifty Henry orchestra (1947); worked with Johnny Otis rhythm-and- blues revue (1947-1949); toured with Lionel Hampton big band (1952-1953); toured Scandinavia with the trumpeter Rolf Ericson group (1956); recorded her first album as a leader, Hot Cargo, with Harry Arnold orchestra in Sweden and released in America (1958); recorded for the Mercury label and worked regularly in the United States (1960s); bassist Ray Brown became her manager and arranged for her to be signed by the Concord label; recorded with Hank Jones, Monty Alexander, Gene Harris, and George Shearing; worked with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Philip Morris Superband; her "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (which she recorded twice) became her trademark song (1980s)) New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 18, 2016 (in obituary published Mar. 16: Ernestine Anderson; b. Ernestine Irene Anderson, Nov. 11, 1928, Houston; d. Thursday [Mar. 10, 2016], Seattle, aged 87; versatile jazz singer who recorded her most acclaimed albums after a self-imposed hiatus)
Associated language	eng