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Baltimore jazz institution Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to sing with everyone from <a href="spotify:artist:19eLuQmk9aCobbVDHc6eek">Louis Armstrong</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Duke Ellington</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:2jFZlvIea42ZvcCw4OeEdA">Count Basie</a>. Ennis' debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Jubilee%22">Jubilee</a> in 1955, with the follow-up, Change of Scenery, issued two years later on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Capitol%22">Capitol</a>. Around the same time, she toured Europe with <a href="spotify:artist:1pBuKaLHJlIlqYxQQaflve">Benny Goodman</a>, but finding the grind of the road too intense, she returned home to Baltimore, and -- much to the detriment of her rising fame -- rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After 1958's Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later, landing at <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22RCA%22">RCA</a> for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs -- Once Again, Eyes for You, and My Kind of Waltztime -- quickly followed by another eight-year studio hiatus which finally ended with the 1973 release of the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22BASF%22">BASF</a> album 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis. That same year, she also sang the National Anthem at the re-inauguration proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Ennis next turned up on vinyl in 1980 with Live at Maryland Inn; a self-titled follow-up was 14 years in the making, with If Women Ruled the World appearing in 1998. Ennis died following a stroke on February 17, 2019; she was 86 years old. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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