ERNESTINE ANDERSON, 87, on March 10 in Seattle, Washington. A jazz and blues singer whose career spanned six decades, her voice was once described by Quincy Jones as having the sound of “honey at dusk.” Originally from Houston, Texas, she recorded over 30 albums and was nominated four times for a Grammy Award.
She toured for 18 months with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra (including an appearance at the presidential inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower) and performed all over the world from Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Centter to the first Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958. She was included in the Smithsonian Institution’s Jazz Singers anthology.
