Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Ivy Anderson |
Born | (1905-07-10)July 10, 1905[1] Gilroy, California, United States[2] |
Died | December 28, 1949(1949-12-28) (aged 45) Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument | Vocals |
Formerly of | Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1905 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for more than a decade.
Personal life
Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905, in Gilroy, California.[3] Although her mother's name is unknown, her father was Jobe Smith. From 1914 to 1918 (age nine to 13), Anderson attended St. Mary's Convent and studied voice. At Gilroy grammar school and Gilroy High School, she joined glee club and choral society. She also studied voice under Sara Ritt while in Nannie H. Burroughs Institution in Washington, D.C.[2] From 1930 to 1945, Anderson lived at 724 East 52nd Place in Los Angeles, part of the 52nd Place Historic District.[2]
Career
Anderson's singing career began around 1921 with performances in Los Angeles. In 1924, she toured with the musical Shuffle Along.[4] By 1925, she had performed in Cuba, the Cotton Club in New York City, and Los Angeles with the bands of Paul Howard, Curtis Mosby, and Sonny Clay.[2][4] In 1928, she sang in Australia with Clay's band and starred in Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club in Los Angeles in April. Soon after, she began touring in the United States as a solo singer.[2]
From 1930 to early 1931, with pianist Earl Hines's band, Anderson performed in a 20-week residency at the Grand Terrace in Chicago, Illinois. In 1931, she became the first full-time vocalist in the Duke Ellington orchestra.[4] Her career for over a decade consisted of touring with Ellington. Her first appearance on record, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", recorded in 1932, was a hit.[4] She participated in Ellington's first European tour in 1933.[2] In 1940, she recorded "Solitude", "Mood Indigo", and "Stormy Weather".[4] One of the rare occasions Anderson sang independently of Ellington in this period was her performance of "All God's Children Got Rhythm" in the Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races (1937) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2][4]
Owing to her chronic asthma, Anderson left Ellington's band in 1942.[2][4] She started the Chicken Shack restaurant in Los Angeles[4] with Marque Neal after they married but sold the business when they divorced. She had a second marriage with Walter Collins.[2] Anderson died in Los Angeles in December, 1949 of an asthma-related illness. Although her earliest obituary was dated December 27, 1949, later sources state her date of death as December 28, 1949.[2]
Comments about Ivie Anderson
Anderson often received prominent billing on advertisements for Ellington's appearances in theatres, auditoriums, arenas, and ballrooms, wherever the Ellington band toured in the 1930s. She sang pop tunes and ballads and was the band's scat singer, imitating instrumental sounds and vocalizations. She was said to be one of Ellington's finest and most versatile singers before Swedish vocalist Alice Babs performed with the band. Ellington wrote Music Is My Mistress (1973) with Anderson in mind.[2]
When Anderson played in Ellington's musical Jump for Joy, the California Eagle wrote of her:
"Ivie can sing a song so that the audience get every word, and at the same time make cracks at Sonny Greer, tease Duke and wink at the boys in the front row. Wednesday night she went into a dance routine that would have slayed you."[5]
Discography
- 1932
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Brunswick 6265) February 2, 1932
- "Delta Bound" (Columbia 37298) December 21, 1932 (not issued until the 1940s)
- 1933
- "I've Got the World on a String" (UK Columbia CB-625) February 15, 1933 (recorded in New York but only issued overseas)
- "Raisin' the Rent" (Brunswick 6571) May 9, 1933
- "Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep Your Blues Away)" (Brunswick 6607) May 9, 1933
- "Stormy Weather" (Brunswick 6600) May 16, 1933 (quoted in Stuart Nicholson's book "Reminiscing in Tempo" page 131; Gioia 2012, p. 407)
- "I'm Satisfied" (Brunswick 6638) August 15, 1933
- 1934
- "Ebony Rhapsody" (Victor 24622) April 12, 1934
- "Troubled Waters" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934
- "My Old Flame" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934
- 1935
- "Let's Have a Jubilee" (unissued on 78) January 9, 1935
- "Cotton" (Brunswick 7525) August 19, 1935
- "Truckin'" (Brunswick 7514) August 19, 1935
- 1936
- "Dinah Lou" (unissued on 78) January 20, 1936
- "Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?" (Brunswick 7625) February 27, 1936
- "Love Is Like a Cigarette" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
- "Kissin' My Baby Goodnight" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
- "Oh Babe! Maybe Someday" (Brunswick 7667) February 28, 1936
- "Shoe Shine Boy" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936
- "It Was a Sad Night in Harlem" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936
- 1937
- "I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter" (Master MA-101) March 5, 1937
- "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-629) March 25, 1937
- "Did Anyone Ever Tell You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937
- "Where Are You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937
- (The Gotham Stompers session included members of Ellington's band plus members of Chick Webb's.)
- "There's a Lull in My Life" (Master MA-117) April 9, 1937
- "It's Swell of You" (Master MA-117) April 9, 1937
- "The Old Plantation" (as Ivie Anderson And Her Boys From Dixie) (Variety VA-591) April 22, 1937
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (as Ivie Anderson And Her Boys From Dixie) (Variety VA-591) June 8, 1937
- "Alabamy Home" (Master VA-137) June 8, 1937
- 1938
- "If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
- "Scrounch" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
- "Carnival in Caroline" (Brunswick 8099) March 3, 1938
- "Swingtime in Honolulu" (Brunswick 8131) April 11, 1938
- "You Gave Me the Gate (and I'm Swingin')" (Brunswick 8169) June 7, 1938
- "Rose of the Rio Grande" (Brunswick 8186) June 7, 1938
- "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Brunswick 8168) June 7, 1938
- "Watermelon Man" (Brunswick 8200) June 20, 1938
- "La De Doody Do" (Brunswick 8174) June 20, 1938
- 1939
- "In a Mizz" (Brunswick 8405) June 12, 1939
- "I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye" (Columbia 35208) June 12, 1939
- "A Lonely Co-ed" (Columbia 35240) June 12, 1939
- "You Can Count On Me" (Brunswick 8411) June 12, 1939
- "Killing Myself" (Columbia 35640) October 16, 1939
- "Your Love Has Faded" (Columbia 35640) October 16, 1939
- 1940
- "Solitude" (Columbia 35427) February 14, 1940
- "Stormy Weather" (Columbia 35556) February 14, 1940
- "Mood Indigo" (Columbia 35427) February 14, 1940
- "So Far, So Good" (Victor 26537) March 6, 1940
- "Me and You" (Victor 26598) March 15, 1940
- "At a Dixie Roadside Diner" (Victor 26719) July 22, 1940
- "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Victor 26748) September 15, 1940
- 1941
- "Chocolate Shake" (Victor 27531) June 26, 1941
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Victor 27531) June 26, 1941
- "Jump for Joy" (Victor LPV 517) July 2, 1941
- "Rocks in My Bed" (Victor 27639) September 26, 1941
- 1942
- "I Don't Mind" (Victor 20-1598) February 26, 1942
- "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" (Victor 20-1505) July 28, 1942
Compilations
- Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson [1931–1940] (Columbia KG 32064 2-LP release) 1973
- Her Best Recordings, 1932–1942 (Best Of Jazz 4020) 1995
Appearances on Ellington recordings
- Duke Ellington
- The Blanton–Webster Band [1940–1942] (RCA 5659-2-RB) 1990
- Ellington and His Great Vocalists (Columbia CK 66372) 1993
Charting singles
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country [6] | ||
1944 | "Mexico Joe" | 4 |
References
- ^ various online sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kernfeld, Barry. "Ivie Anderson".
- ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 14. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Yanow, Scott (2008). The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide. Backbeat. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4.
- ^ Cockrell, Wilma (August 14, 1941). "Jam Session". The California Eagle. p. Two-B.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
External links
- Ivie Anderson – American National Biography, Barry Kernfeld
- Musician Ivie Anderson (Vocal) All About Jazz
- Ivie Anderson – Music Biography, Credits and Discography AllMusic
- Ivie Anderson discography at Discogs
- Ivie Anderson at IMDb
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- Harlem Jazz, 1930
- Ellingtonia, Vol. One
- Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
- Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
- The Blanton–Webster Band
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
- Smoke Rings
- Liberian Suite
- Great Times!
- Masterpieces by Ellington
- Ellington Uptown
- The Duke Plays Ellington
- Ellington '55
- Dance to the Duke!
- Ellington Showcase
- Historically Speaking
- Duke Ellington Presents...
- The Complete Porgy and Bess
- A Drum Is a Woman
- Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
- Ellington Indigos
- Black, Brown and Beige
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
- The Cosmic Scene
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- Jazz Party
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Festival Session
- Blues in Orbit
- The Nutcracker Suite
- Piano in the Background
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
- Unknown Session
- Piano in the Foreground
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- Featuring Paul Gonsalves
- Midnight in Paris
- Studio Sessions, New York 1962
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- The Symphonic Ellington
- Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
- Studio Sessions New York 1963
- My People
- Ellington '65
- Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
- Ellington '66
- Concert in the Virgin Islands
- The Popular Duke Ellington
- Far East Suite
- The Jaywalker
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
- ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
- Second Sacred Concert
- Studio Sessions New York, 1968
- Latin American Suite
- The Pianist
- New Orleans Suite
- Orchestral Works
- The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
- The Intimacy of the Blues
- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
- The Intimate Ellington
- The Ellington Suites
- This One's for Blanton!
- Up in Duke's Workshop
- Duke's Big 4
- Mood Ellington
- Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
- Black, Brown, and Beige
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947
- Ellington at Newport
- Dance Concerts, California 1958
- Dance Dates, California 1958
- Newport 1958
- Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II
- Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
- Live at the Blue Note
- Hot Summer Dance
- The Great Paris Concert
- A Concert of Sacred Music
- In the Uncommon Market
- Soul Call
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- 70th Birthday Concert
- Togo Brava Suite
- Live at the Whitney
- Third Sacred Concert
- Eastbourne Performance
- Blue Rose
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Side by Side
- Back to Back
- The Great Summit
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- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
- Money Jungle
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Serenade to Sweden
- Ella at Duke's Place
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Francis A. & Edward K.
- It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
- "African Flower"
- "All Too Soon"
- "Azure"
- "Black and Tan Fantasy"
- "Black, Brown and Beige"
- "C Jam Blues"
- "Come Sunday"
- "Cotton Tail"
- "Creole Love Call"
- "Day Dream"
- "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
- "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- "Drop Me Off in Harlem"
- "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"
- "Echoes of Harlem"
- "Everything but You"
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"
- "I Didn't Know About You"
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
- "In a Mellow Tone"
- "In a Sentimental Mood"
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
- "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
- "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
- "The Mooche"
- "Mood Indigo"
- " Prelude to a Kiss"
- "Rocks in My Bed"
- "(In My) Solitude"
- "Sophisticated Lady"
- Queenie Pie (unfinished opera)
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members
- Hayes Alvis
- Cat Anderson
- Ivie Anderson
- Harold Ashby
- Alice Babs
- Shorty Baker
- Butch Ballard
- Art Baron
- Aaron Bell
- Louie Bellson
- Joe Benjamin
- Barney Bigard
- Lou Blackburn
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud
- Lawrence Brown
- Harry Carney
- Johnny Coles
- Willie Cook
- Buster Cooper
- Kay Davis
- Wild Bill Davis
- Wilbur de Paris
- Bobby Durham
- Mercer Ellington
- Rolf Ericson
- Jimmy Forrest
- Victor Gaskin
- Peter Giger
- Tyree Glenn
- Paul Gonsalves
- Sonny Greer
- Fred Guy
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Otto Hardwick
- Shelton Hemphill
- Rick Henderson
- Al Hibbler
- Johnny Hodges
- Major Holley
- Charlie Irvis
- Quentin Jackson
- Hilton Jefferson
- Herb Jeffries
- Freddie Jenkins
- Money Johnson
- Herbie Jones
- Wallace Jones
- Taft Jordan
- Al Killian
- Queen Esther Marrow
- Wendell Marshall
- Murray McEachern
- Louis Metcalf
- James "Bubber" Miley
- Harold "Geezil" Minerve
- Ray Nance
- Tricky Sam Nanton
- Oscar Pettiford
- Eddie Preston
- Russell Procope
- Junior Raglin
- Betty Roché
- Ernie Royal
- Al Sears
- Joya Sherrill
- Willie Smith
- Elmer Snowden
- Rex Stewart
- Billy Strayhorn
- Billy Taylor
- Clark Terry
- Juan Tizol
- Norris Turney
- Ben Webster
- Arthur Whetsel
- Cootie Williams
- Nelson Williams
- Skippy Williams
- Booty Wood
- Jimmy Woode
- Britt Woodman
- Sam Woodyard