Dee Dee Bridgewater

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Dee Dee Bridgewater in Cologne (2006)

Dee Dee Bridgewater , actually Denise Garrett, (born May 27, 1950 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American jazz singer and actress and a two-time Grammy Award winner.

Live and act

Dee Dee Bridgewater was born as Denise Garrett. Her mother and grandmother were already successful singers. Her father, who promoted her talent, was a music teacher and played as a trumpeter in the band of Dinah Washington . From 1966 Bridgewater appeared as a soul and jazz singer in various clubs in Michigan . In 1969 she was discovered by John Garvey , who took her on a tour of Russia. In that year she also met the trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater , whom she married soon after. When this received an engagement from Horace Silver , she moved with him to New York City . Bridgewater sang from 1971 for four years as lead singer with the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis band. In 1973 she sang the lead vocals for Coffy Baby on the soundtrack for the Blaxploitation classic Coffy , for which Roy Ayers was responsible .

From 1974 to 1976 she played on Broadway in the musical The Wiz . For her role as Glinda she received the musical prize Tony Award in 1975 and a Grammy for the soundtrack to the musical the following year . In 1974 her debut album Afro Blue was released . In the 1970s she performed with many jazz greats such as Sonny Rollins , Dexter Gordon , Dizzy Gillespie , Clark Terry and Ray Charles . In 1986 she left the United States and went to Paris , where she lived for the next fifteen years and met her second husband. Today she lives near Las Vegas . Her successful career as a jazz singer in Europe began with the album Live in Paris (1987). She performed at the most important jazz festivals. She is now one of the best jazz singers of her generation. Her CD Dear Ella as a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald won a Grammy in 1997. Bridgewater was successful as an actor in the play Lady Day , in which she played Billie Holiday , and in Cabaret . Bridgewater has been committed to fighting world hunger as the FAO's UN ambassador since 1999 . Her daughter is the jazz singer China Moses .

Awards

Her Billie Holiday tribute album Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee was awarded the 2011 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album . In 2012 she received the Edison Jazz Award for her oeuvre , and in 2019 the German Jazz Trophy .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Just family
  US 170 05/06/1978 (7 weeks)
Bad for Me
  US 182 05/26/1979 (4 weeks)
  • 1974: Afro Blue
  • 1976: Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • 1978: Just Family
  • 1979: Bad for Me
  • 1980: Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • 1987: Live in Paris
  • 1987: Victim of Love
  • 1993: Live in Montreux
  • 1993: Keeping Tradition
  • 1995: Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver
  • 1996: Prelude to a Kiss - The Duke Ellington Album
  • 1997: Dear Ella (DE: Gold in the Jazz Award)
  • 2000: Live at Yoshi’s
  • 2002: This Is New
  • 2004: Dee Dee Bridgewater Sings Kurt Weill Live at North Sea Jazz Festival
  • 2005: J'ai Deux Amours
  • 2007: Red Earth (with Compared to What )
  • 2010: Eleanora Fagan - To Billie with love from Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • 2011: Midnight Sun, A Collection of Favorite Love Songs (Emarcy)
  • 2015: Dee Dee's Feathers ( Okeh )
  • 2017: Memphis ... Yes, I'm Ready

Filmography

  • 1975: Everybody Rides the Carousel (voice)
  • 1978: The Wiz
  • 1979: The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
  • 1980: Benson (TV series, an episode)
  • 1982: Another Life (TV series)
  • 1983: Night Partners (TV movie)
  • 1984: The Brother from Another Planet
  • 1993: Highlander (TV series, episode)
  • 1993: Falstaff on the Moon (short film)
  • 1998: Not out of love ( Corps plongés , TV film)
  • 2007: Off to the West, Lucky Luke! ( Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke , voice)

Awards

album

Live in Paris

  • 1988: Jazz Academy Awards (France) - Billie Holiday Award for "Best Jazz Vocal"
  • 1991: Nomination for the Grammy - "Best Jazz Vocal"

Keeping tradition

Love And Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver

Dear Ella

  • 1998: Grammy for the "Best Jazz Vocal Album"
  • 1998: Victoires de la Musique (France) - "Best Jazz Vocal Album"
  • 1998: Nomination for the Echo as "Best Jazz Album"

Live at Yoshi's

  • 2001: Nomination for the Grammy - "Best Jazz Vocal Album"

J'ai Deux Amours

  • 2005: Nomination for the Grammy - "Best Jazz Vocal Album"

actress

The Wiz

  • 1975: Tony Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Musical"

Lady Day

  • 1987: Nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award (England) for "Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical"

JazzSet

  • 1997: New York Festivals Gold Medal
  • 1998 and 1999: New York AIR Award

swell

  1. ↑ Dee Dee Bridgewater. May 19, 2020, accessed on June 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Roy-Ayers-Coffy/release/523674
  3. ↑ Dee Dee Bridgewater receives German Jazz Trophy and opens the Stuttgart festival jazzopen. Jazzzeitung , July 6, 2019, accessed on July 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Chart sources: US
  5. ^ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on June 25, 2016

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Commons : Dee Dee Bridgewater  - collection of images
personal data
SURNAME Bridgewater, Dee Dee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garrett, Denise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee , United States