from The Seattle Times …
Ernestine Anderson took some time making her way to the Jazz Alley stage on Thursday night.
But once she plopped down in a chair, grabbed the microphone and dove into numbers such as a swinging version of “I Love Being Here With You,” the Grammy Award-nominated, Seattle-based 79-year-old made it clear: She’s still as musically spry as some vocalists half her age.
Anderson’s spacious set, the opening of a four-night stand at Jazz alley, was full of jazzy and bluesy treats. The four-man combo accompanying her, including the versatile sax man John Goforth, stayed right on her wavelength.
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