Four Classic Albums (Hot Cargo / The Toast Of The Nation's Critics / My Kinda Swing / Moanin' Moanin' Moanin')

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1956 "Hot Cargo" finds Miss Anderson with a host of top notch Swedish jazz men. She had been regularly touring in Sweden, steadily building a reputation for herself when she was asked to record her own album. The result is before you and to quote from the original liner notes "In these sides Ernestine Anderson certainly shows definite promise in becoming one of the greats in the girl singer field. Everyone interested in the vocal side of jazz should watch her future with keen interest". Ernestine Anderson is one of those unique talents in music whom you hear for a long time before you actually encounter them in person". Well our next encounter with Miss Anderson is "A Toast of the Nations Critics", a fine album featuring the composing talents of such great writers as Mel Torme, Pete Rogolo, Kurt Weill & George Gershwin, Wild Bill Davis, Gigi Gryce & Jon Hendricks and Truman Capote & Harold Arlen. Not bad company to encounter! "This, as the title indicates, is "My Kinda Swing", Ernestine Anderson's kinda swing. It's the point of view of a mature singer, approaching a string of meaningful songs with the aide of a respected group of seasoned musicians and one of the best composer-arrangers……as a showcase it is Ernestine's show,. She emerges as a vividly communicative vocalist, aware of the meaning of lyrics and the rhythms that propel them. Like love, she's here to stay". We all like a good moan now and again, but for our final Ernestine Anderson album, we have chosen the classic "Moanin' Moanin' Moanin'" That's a lot of moanin' for one lady but hey, she makes moanin' sound so good!

All four albums have been digitally re-mastered.