Ernestine Anderson - Live In New Orleans (2016)

Scatting, talking along, singing, Ernestine Anderson wraps herself around a tune. Emerging in the ‘50’s with a hit album in 1956, she was hailed among the best, just behind Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Recorded here in the ‘80’s, she’s in stride, in tune, her rich voice pulled along by the beat. Playing with her on this program, taped at Dukes Place atop the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans French Quarter, are Terry Gibbs (vibes), Buddy DeFranco (Clarinet), Lou Levy (Piano), Bob Maize (bass) and Ray Mosca (drums). Her bluesed-up rendition of Fats Domino’s “I’m Walkin” is a real treat.