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- Birth nameErnestine Irene Anderson
- Ernestine Anderson was born on November 11, 1927 in Houston, Texas, USA. She died on March 10, 2016 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- ABC update lists death as Sunday March 13th While many others list Thursday the 10th which i think is correct.
- Anderson was one of 75 women chosen for the book, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America(1999), by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Brian Lanker. Within this book Ernestine Anderson joins such company as Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Oprah Winfrey, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan. She won the Golden Umbrella award at the Bumbershoot Seattle arts festival in 2002. The award honors artists from the Northwestern United States "who have significantly contributed to the cultural landscape of our region." Anderson was chosen by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy (an organization best known for the Grammy Awards) to receive its 2004 IMPACT Award. The IMPACT Award honors Northwest music professionals whose creative talents and accomplishments have crossed all musical boundaries and who have been recognized as an asset to the music community. 1959 Anderson won the Down Beat "New Star" Award. She recorded almost 20 albums for Concord, two of which -- 1981's Never Make Your Move Too Soon and 1983's Big City -- earned GRAMMY Best Jazz Vocal Performance nominations. 1993's Now and Then, and 1996's Blues, Dues & Love News -- that also both received GRAMMY nominations.
- Ernestine Anderson, the internationally celebrated jazz vocalist who earned four Grammy nominations during a six-decade career. The jazz and blues singer performed all over the world, from the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall to festivals in South America, Japan and Europe. She toured widely and sang with bands led by Los Angeles R&B singer Johnny Otis and swing-band leader Lionel Hampton. She performed at the presidential inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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