Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer.In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums.She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award.She sang at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival (six times over a 33-year span), as well as at jazz festivals all over the world.In the early 1990s she joined Qwest Records, the label of fellow Garfield High School grad Quincy Jones.