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  1. Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. [1] In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award.

  2. Mar 17, 2016 · To get his daughter back on track, Ernestine Anderson's father moved the family from Houston to Seattle. But her talent proved too big to control, and with her family's blessings, she left...

  3. Nov 12, 2021 · Ernestine Anderson was just 16 years old when she announced to her parents that she was going to leave Seattle and go on the road to sing with a big band. She’d only recently moved to the city from Texas and was attending Garfield High School.

  4. Jun 1, 2022 · “In order to keep working I had to leave the country.” But when she returned to a more rock-focused United States, Anderson started to lose confidence. “I decided maybe it was time for me to...

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  5. Mar 10, 2016 · Born in Houston, Texas, international jazz great Ernestine Anderson passed away peacefully yesterday (March 10, 2016), surrounded by her family in Seattle where she had resided since the age of 16. Anderson’s career began in the early 1940’s though she had begun to sing along with Bessie Smith records at age 3.

  6. Oct 23, 2007 · Anderson had a hiatus from recording in the early 1960s, following the end of her Mercury contract. She became depressed, and has credited her 1969 discovery and practice of Buddhist chanting with her recovery. In 1976, Concord Records approached her with a record deal.

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  8. May 1, 2009 · “When rock ‘n’ roll became the music of America, I moved to London for two years,” says Anderson, 80, from her home in Seattle. “In order to keep working I had to leave the country. And when I came back, I stopped singing for a while.

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