国籍：美国 出生地：德克萨斯州 休斯顿 生日：1928年11月11日 简介：Ernestine Anderson (born November 11, 1928) is an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than five decades, she has recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She has sung at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival (six times over a 33-year span), as well as at jazz festivals all over the world. In the early 1990s she joined Qwest Records, the label of fellow Garfield High School grad Quincy Jones. (wiki) ==================================== by Richard S. Ginell Positioned squarely in the mainstream camp, at home in the worlds of jazz and pop standards as well as the blues, comfortable with small groups and big bands, Ernestine Anderson regularly receives a lot of airplay on traditional jazz radio stations these days. She fits those demographics well with her tasteful, slightly gritty, moderately swinging contralto, someone who doesnt probe too deeply into emotional quagmires (and thus doesnt disturb the dispositions of those who use the radio as background) but always gives you an honest, musical account. Andersons career actually got rolling in the embryonic R&B field at first; as a teenager, she sang with Russell Jacquets band in 1943, and she moved on to the Johnny Otis band from 1947 to 1949, making her first recording with Shifty Henrys Orchestra in 1947 for the Black-And-White label. In the 1950s, however, she converted over to the jazz side, working with Lionel Hampton in 1952-53 and recording with a band featuring Jacquet, Milt Jackson, and Quincy Jones in 1953 and with Gigi Gryce in 1955. Upon hearing the latter record, Rolf Ericson booked Anderson on a three-month Scandinavian tour; while in Sweden, she made a recording called Hot Cargo that ironically established her reputation in America. Once back in the U.S., she signed with Mercury and made a number of albums for that label until the early 1960s, when her career went into a decline. She moved to England in 1965 and remained largely invisible on the American radar screen until 1975, when Ray Brown heard her sing at the Turnwater Festival in Canada. Brown became her manager, got her to appear at the 1976 Concord Jazz Festival, and that led to a Concord contract which immediately bore fruit with the albums Live From Concord to London and Hello Like Before. These and other comeback albums made her a top-flight jazz attraction in the U.S. again — this time for the long haul — and in the 1980s, she was recording with the Hank Jones Trio, George Shearing, Benny Carter, the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and her own quartet. By 1992, she had attracted major-label attention once again, signing with Quincy Jones Qwest outfit. For Koch, Anderson issued Isnt It Romantic in 1998. 从艺历程：欧内斯廷·艾琳·安德森，1928年11月11日出生于德克萨斯州休斯顿，与其双胞胎姐姐约瑟芬一同成长。她的父亲约瑟夫是建筑工人及福音四重唱贝斯手，母亲埃尔玛是家庭主妇。安德森三岁起展现歌唱天赋，常跟随父母的蓝调唱片唱歌，并在当地教堂的福音唱诗班独唱。 安德森的家庭音乐氛围浓厚，常听布鲁斯音乐大师如约翰·李·胡克和马迪·沃特斯的作品。12岁时参加才艺比赛，虽初时选错调，但即兴发挥后获赞具有爵士天赋。16岁全家迁至西雅图，她就读加菲尔德高中，后被乐队领队发现，开始演唱生涯。 安德森18岁离家巡回演出，后随莱昂内尔·汉普顿管弦乐队巡演，定居纽约。1950年代末，她在瑞典录制的专辑《Hot Cargo》在美国发行，获爵士乐评论家高度评价，赢得DownBeat“新星”奖。此后，安德森为Mercury录制多张唱片，并在美国和欧洲生活。 70年代中期，安德森在康科德爵士音乐节上重获关注，为康科德唱片公司发行系列专辑，确立顶级爵士和布鲁斯歌手地位。她录制近20张专辑，其中两张获格莱美奖提名。安德森在全球广泛巡演，包括卡耐基音乐厅、好莱坞露天剧场等地，以及多个爵士音乐节。 90年代初，安德森与昆西·琼斯签约，发行两张获格莱美奖提名的专辑。后签约Koch International和High Note唱片公司，发行多张成功专辑。她是日莲佛教信徒，2016年3月10日于华盛顿州安详离世，享年87岁。 安德森的曾孙德沃恩·安德森-杨于2014年6月1日被谋杀。 荣誉记录：1958 年 8 月 4 日，《时代》杂志刊登了一篇关于欧内斯廷·安德森的文章：“黑人歌手欧内斯廷·安德森的声音，29 岁的她也许是美国爵士乐界最不为人知的秘密。”她不可避免地被拿来与艾拉·费兹杰拉、莎拉·沃恩、比莉·霍利戴作比较。欧内斯廷总是拒绝这种比较。“我希望，”她说，“他们能让我做我自己。” 安德森是普利策奖得主、摄影师布莱恩·兰克 (Brian Lanker ) 所著《我梦想的世界：改变美国的黑人女性肖像》(1999)中选出的 75 名女性之一。在这本书中，欧内斯廷·安德森加入了罗莎·帕克斯、科丽塔·斯科特·金、奥普拉·温弗瑞、莉娜·霍恩和莎拉·沃恩等人的行列。 2002 年，她荣获了西雅图Bumbershoot艺术节的金伞奖。该奖项旨在表彰来自美国西北部的“为我们地区的文化景观做出重大贡献”的艺术家。 安德森被美国唱片艺术与科学学院太平洋西北分部（该组织以格莱美奖而闻名）评选为 2004 年 IMPACT 奖获得者。IMPACT 奖旨在表彰西北​​地区的音乐专业人士，他们的创作天赋和成就跨越了音乐界的所有界限，并被公认为音乐界的财富。 2012 年，低收入住房协会将一个住房项目命名为“欧内斯廷·安德森之家”，以纪念她，以纪念安德森长期居住在这些单元所在的西雅图中心区。