2-time GRAMMY® Winner & NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater Sings the Music of Abbey Lincoln!
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals
Alexis Lombre, piano & keyboard
Liany Mateo, bass
Shirazette Tinnin, drums
Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, GRAMMY® and Tony® Award-winning NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics. Bridgewater’s career has always bridged musical genres. She earned her first professional experience as a member of the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band, and throughout the 70s she performed with such jazz notables as Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gillespie. After a foray into the pop world during the 1980s, she relocated to Paris and began to turn her attention back to Jazz.
Strongly influenced by jazz icons Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, both of whom she met early in her career, NEA Jazz Master Abbey Lincoln's distinctive vocal style, thought-provoking writing, and spirited personality secured her a place among the jazz luminaries. Over the years, she has worked with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Benny Garter, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Clark Terry, and Stan Getz. The recipient of numerous civic and community awards for her work with the poor and disadvantaged, Ms. Lincoln resisted the bleak side of life to emerge as a genuine carrier of celebration through music.
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US Soul/Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is a force of nature when performing live, and could be described more so as a performer than simply a singer. Born in Tennessee, Dee Dee had a very musical upbringing with her father being a jazz trumpeter. She joined a rock & blues band by the age of 16, and at 18 she went to study at Michigan university.
She's had a long, vast career in which to perfect her live act and the end result is stunning. Her voice is a thing of pure wonder as she performs vocal acrobatics onstage with the brilliant jazz beats ever present, it's clear to see why she's had such success throughout her life, winning three Grammy awards and a Tony Award to name a couple. Her covers of Billie Holiday are sublime, re-imagining the songwriters lofty selection of works with ease and totally making them her own onstage.
Dee Dee has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals across the world, so to see the legendary singer live is a treat. She'll be performing in the US, Italy and the UK over the coming months and tickets are still available.