Ernestine Anderson Swings The Penthouse. Ernestine

Ernestine Anderson

Composed by: Ernestine Anderson Swings The Penthouse

Here is the great Ernestine Anderson in the full bloom of youth, as you may have never heard her before — live, in front of an appreciative audience. This is the 34-year old Anderson singing with exuberance and spontaneity in the intimate setting of Seattle's legendary jazz club, The Penthouse. Her first record, Hot Cargo, had come out just a few years prior to this performance, Time Magazine had touted her as the "best new voice in the business… perhaps the best-kept jazz secret in the land," and Down Beat's Critic's Poll had named her the New Star of the year. Here she swings and shouts, cajoles and caresses her way through a set list of standards and jazz classics as only she could. These recordings are seeing the first light of commercial release — they have never been issued before in any format.