Ivie Anderson - I Got It Good & That Ain't Bad

1990 European CD collection.

For almost twelve years, Ivie Anderson was a key member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and her voice an important part of the ensemble, just as any of the band's star instrumentalists. She was born in a small California town, Gilroy, near Oakland, on 10th July, 1905. Between the ages of nine and thirteen Ivie received voice training at a local convent then, for a couple of years, continued her studies in Washington D.C. Returning to Los Angeles, she worked at various clubs mainly as a vocalist and joined the Maimie Smith Show as part of the chorus line.

Later significant engagements included singing with Paul Howard, appearing at New York's Cotton Club in 1925, and in the revue "Shuffle Along". In San Francisco she became the first black singer to work with a white band, the Anson Weeks Orchestra, then continued as a solo act until 1930 when she settled down for an residency at Chicago's Grand Terrace, where the house band was led by Earl Hines.

Truckin'
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Rose of the Rio Grande
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye
Solitude
Stormy Weather
Mood Indigo
Me and You
At a Dixie Roadside Diner
Five O'Clock Whistle
Jump for Joy
Rocks in My Bed
Hayfoot, Strawfoot
Mexico Joe
Play Me the Blues
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
On the Sunny Side of the Street
I Thought You Ought to Know
The Voot Is Here to Stay
He's Tall, Dark and Handsome
Empty Bed Blues
Twice Too Many
I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man