Ivie Anderson was an American jazz singer. She is best known for her performances with Duke Ellington's orchestra between 1931 and 1942. Considered one of the finest singers of the golden age of jazz, Ivie was a fluent vocalist who impressed many with her blues and scat phrasings. Most impressed was Duke Ellington, who kept her on as vocalist for eleven years and thought she was the best singer he ever had.
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| - Ivie Anderson was an American jazz singer. She is best known for her performances with Duke Ellington's orchestra between 1931 and 1942. Considered one of the finest singers of the golden age of jazz, Ivie was a fluent vocalist who impressed many with her blues and scat phrasings. Most impressed was Duke Ellington, who kept her on as vocalist for eleven years and thought she was the best singer he ever had.
- Ivie Marie Anderson (Gilroy, California, 1905 - July 10, Los Angeles, 27 december 1949) was an American jazz singer , best known as vocalist with Duke Ellington 's Orchestra. She studied two years singing in Washington, D.C. After that, she appeared on several night clubs in California and she went with some shows on tour. Until 1930 she toured with bands by the USA and Australia. From 1930 to February 1931 she performed in a show in Chicago (' Grand Terace Cafe '). Until 1931, she worked with pianist Earl Hines. On his Duke Ellington took her to recommend as a singer, February 1931 to 1942 's what they would continue.
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| - Ivie Marie Anderson (Gilroy, California, 1905 - July 10, Los Angeles, 27 december 1949) was an American jazz singer , best known as vocalist with Duke Ellington 's Orchestra. She studied two years singing in Washington, D.C. After that, she appeared on several night clubs in California and she went with some shows on tour. Until 1930 she toured with bands by the USA and Australia. From 1930 to February 1931 she performed in a show in Chicago (' Grand Terace Cafe '). Until 1931, she worked with pianist Earl Hines. On his Duke Ellington took her to recommend as a singer, February 1931 to 1942 's what they would continue. She sang at Ellington well-known songs like "It don't mean a thing", "Stormy weather", "Rocks in my bed", "I got it bad (and that ain't good)" and "In a mellow tone". Her voice was ' classy ', bright, swinging, supple, sweet and a little cool. Anderson is seen as the best vocalist that Ellington ever has had in his band. Nat Hentoff reports, in a column about Ivie Anderson: "Ivie was much more than a ' girl singer '. She was a ' sidewoman '. " In 1937, Anderson on as a singer in the Marx Brothersmovie "A day at the races'. She was also featured in ' Hit Parade of 1937 '. She had to give up her work for Ellington, because they had chronic asthma . She started a restaurant in Los Angeles (' Ivie's Chicken Shack ') and still sang in nightclubs. In 1946 she took eight songs, however, her health deteriorated and Anderson on. died at the age of 44. She was buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
- Ivie Anderson was an American jazz singer. She is best known for her performances with Duke Ellington's orchestra between 1931 and 1942. Considered one of the finest singers of the golden age of jazz, Ivie was a fluent vocalist who impressed many with her blues and scat phrasings. Most impressed was Duke Ellington, who kept her on as vocalist for eleven years and thought she was the best singer he ever had.
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