Catalogue: JASMCD 2560
Price Code: A
Release Date: 01/11/1999
Bar Code: 604988 25602 4
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Ivie ANDERSONI Got It Good And That Ain't Bad
 
For almost twelve years, Ivie Anderson was a key
member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and her voice an important part of the
ensemble, just as any of the band's star instrumentalists. She was born in a
small California town, Gilroy, near Oakland, on 10th July, 1905. Between the
ages of nine and thirteen Ivie received voice training at a local convent then,
for a couple of years, continued her studies in Washington D.C. Returning to Los
Angeles, she worked at various clubs mainly as a vocalist and joined the Maimie
Smith Show as part of the chorus line. Later significant engagements included
singing with Paul Howard, appearing at New York's Cotton Club in 1925, and in
the revue "Shuffle Along". In San Francisco she became the first black singer to
work with a white band, the Anson Weeks Orchestra, then continued as a solo act
until 1930 when she settled down for an residency at Chicago's Grand Terrace,
where the house band was led by Earl Hines.
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