Ivie Anderson

Iva " Ivie " Anderson (* July 10, 1905 in Gilroy, California as Iva Smith, † at December 27, 1949 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz singer.

As a child she received vocal training in a convent school and later studied for two years singing in Washington, DC. In 1922 she was discovered; then Anderson has appeared in various California night clubs, also in Vudeville shows and went with them on tour, including with Mamie Smith. By 1930, they toured with various bands through the U.S. and Australia, has performed in the Cotton Club in New York and Los Angeles as well as at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, where she was the first black singer of with a white band, the orchestra Anson Weeks occurred;

By February 1931, she worked with pianist Earl Hines, who had a commitment to the show at the Grand Terace Cafe in Chicago. On his advice, she was hired by Duke Ellington; a year later, the first shots were taken with the band. In the band remained Ivie Anderson of 1931-1942 and was present at the Europe - Visit 1933 and 1939. She was the interpreter known Ellington pieces like "In a Mellowtone " and " It Do not Mean a Thing ( If It Is not Got That Swing )" ( 1932), " Troubled Waters " (1934 ), " Kissin 'My Baby Good Night " (1936 ) and" Rocks in My Bed "and" I Got It Bad ( and That Is not Good " ( 1941). " Stormy Weather " she sang both in the European tour in London Palladium as well as in a movie, which made the piece to a jazz standard are. with " All God's Chillun Got Rhythm " she brought out a first record under his own name. 1937 she appeared in the Marx Brothers film a Day at The Races with. their last major appearance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra had in Los Angeles in the musical Jump for Joy.

After the separation of Ellington ( she gave up her career for asthma on ) Ivie Anderson opened the restaurant Chicken Shack in Los Angeles, only appeared sporadically in California and Mexico City and evolved over time into a singer with no special jazz imprint. Still shooting for Black & White Records in 1946 originated with an orchestra under the direction of Wilbert Barranco ( " I Thought You Ought to Know" ).

Ellington later said of her: " About Ivie is still spoken, and all the singers that we had since then, had to be solved first by Ivie Anderson Image ".

Other well-known title

  • Love Is Like a Cigarette
  • When my Sugar Walks Down the Street
  • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
  • The Chococlate Shake
  • Stormy Weather

Swell

  • Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America - A compendium of great voices. Hannibal, St. Andrew - Woerdern, 1992. ISBN 3-85445-075-3
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