Jazz Articles about Anita Ellis

Anita Ellis: Out in Front

by Craig Jolley
August 1, 2001

One of the most talented and sensitive vocalists of her time (40's - 70's) Anita Ellis made few records or public appearances and acquired something of a cult following. She had no problem in front of a few close friends, but she never overcame her stage fright. Luckily for her audience she could occasionally be talked into enduring the terror of public performance.

This music was recorded in the early fifties for radio broadcast. As with her contemporaries Ella Fitzgerald ...