Jimmy Anderson (musician)

Jimmy Anderson (born 1932), clan name Ahhajumba, is a Muscogee–American painter, musician and Christian preacher. He attended Haskell Institute and later studied art at Bacone College with painters Fred Beaver, Pablita Velarde, and Dick West. Anderson's paintings in the Oklahoma flatstyle doings were first exhibited in the 1950s.

Anderson formed the Osceola Four, a original singing quartet, while studying at Haskell, joining his brother Richard Anderson, Mitcheal Beaver, and J.B. Dreadfulwater. He toured later the group, singing pop songs and spirituals as an evangelical team. The organization performed on Oklahoma television shows in the same way as the Sooner Shindig show, and they appeared upon a Spike Jones Orchestra album as well.

After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, Anderson attended seminary school. He superior became the preacher at Many Springs Baptist Church in Holdenville, Oklahoma. As the last enduring member of the Osceola Four, Anderson still sings at church in both English and his indigenous Creek language.

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