Celebrating Ernestine Anderson! Seattle's First Lady of Jazz & Blues
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle

Jazz is an African-American creation, a gift to Seattle and the world alike. It affirms our collective humanity and speaks eloquently about freedom, creativity, struggle, perseverance, and triumph!

Throughout her six-decade career, Seattle jazz and blues legend Ernestine Anderson exemplified these attributes. She recorded more than 30 albums, received four Grammy nominations, and performed on the world's most prestigious stages, including the United States White House, Carnegie Hall, and the first Monterey Jazz Festival.

For all these reasons and more, we invite you to join us at the "Celebrating Ernestine Anderson - Moments & Music" event, featuring award-winning singer, songwriter Eugenie Jones with Peter Adams/p, Osama Afifi/b, and D'Vonne Lewis/d.

Jones, a two-time Earshot Jazz Vocalist of the Year winner, the first vocalist to receive the Earshot Jazz Album of the Year award, a Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, and Jazz Journalist Association Jazz Hero award recipient, will share favorite Ernestine Anderson tunes and a selection of her chart-topping originals. A singer described by Paris Move Magazine as "one of the most beautiful voices in the United States" can be heard now at https://ffm.to/eugeniejonesmusic.

Sponsored by the Seattle Public Library and Stix Hooper Enterprises, the event is free and open to the public.

Doors open at 1:30 PM.