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Ernestine Andersonová

1928 – 2016

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Wikipedia Summary

Ernestine Anderson was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, as well as at jazz festivals all over the world. In the early 1990s she joined Qwest Records, the label founded by fellow Garfield High School graduate Quincy Jones. She was a twin sister to Joesephine Anderson.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 11, 1928
Houston
Date of death
March 10, 2016
Shoreline
Citizenship

United States

Occupations & fields
jazz singersinger
Field and occupation
americká zpěvačka
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