Dee Dee Bridgewater
One of the best jazz singers of her generation, Dee Dee Bridgewater had to move to France to find herself. She performed in Michigan during the '60s and toured the Soviet Union in 1969 with the University of Illinois Big Band. She sang with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra (1972-1974) and appeared in the Broadway musical The Wiz (1974-1976). Due to erratic records and a lack of direction, Bridgewater was largely overlooked in the jazz world by the time she moved to France in the '80s. She appeared in the show Lady Day and at European jazz festivals, and eventually formed her own backup group. By the late '80s, Bridgewater's Verve recordings started to alert American listeners to her singing talents. Her 1995 Horace Silver tribute disc (Love and Peace) was a gem, and resulted in the singer extensively touring the U.S, reintroducing herself to American audiences. She found even more success with another tribute album, Dear Ella, which won a Grammy in 1997. This Is New, released in 2002, featured Bridgewater singing Kurt Weill songs, while 2005's J'ai Deux Amours found her tackling French classics. For 2010's Eleanora Fagan (1917-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee, Bridgewater moved from Verve to Decca/Emarcy, and offered her versions of several songs associated with Billie Holiday. She followed this in August 2011 with her sophomore effort for the label: a compilation collection of jazz standards entitled Midnight Sun, with tunes from previous albums ranging from "Angel Eyes" to Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman." In 2014, she produced and appeared on trumpeter Theo Croker's album Afro Physicist. Bridgewater's 2015 effort, Dee Dee's Feathers, found her paying homage to the history of New Orleans, as well as marking the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A collaboration between Bridgewater, New Orleans trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the album also featured appearances from such New Orleans luminaries as keyboardist Dr. John and percussionist Bill Summers. In 2017, Bridgewater paid homage to the music of Memphis, Tennessee, her birthplace, on the album Memphis....Yes, I'm Ready. A collection of classic R&B, soul, and rock & roll numbers associated with other Memphis musicians, the album was recorded at Royal Recorders in the Bluff City, where Al Green cut many of his biggest hits.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Memphis ... Yes, I'm Ready
Vocal Jazz - Released by Okeh - Sony Masterworks on 15 Sep 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Afro Blue (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Mr Bongo on 1 Jan 1974
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
What a Wonderful World
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 17 Jul 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee's Feathers
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Vocal Jazz - Released by Okeh on 17 Apr 2015
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Prelude to a Kiss – The Duke Ellington Album (John Mauceri – The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 7)
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1996
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Prelude To A Kiss - The Duke Ellington Album
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Jazz - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 1 Jan 1976
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
Pop - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Can't Stand the Rain
Jazz - Released by Okeh - Sony Masterworks on 1 Sep 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee's Diamonds
Miscellaneous - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 18 Sep 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family/Bad For Me/Dee Dee Bridgewater
Miscellaneous - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 13 Mar 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
Jazz - Released by Okeh - Sony Masterworks on 11 Aug 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee's Feathers
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 10 Apr 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stadler, Heiner: Retrospection
Heiner Stadler Sextet, Mark Elf, Dee Dee Bridgewater, North German Radio Big Band
Jazz - Released by Labor Records on 1 Jan 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Away in a Manger (Christmas at The Vatican) (Live)
Ambient/New Age - Released by Music Manager on 24 Oct 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Prelude to a Kiss – The Duke Ellington Album (John Mauceri – The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 7)
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976) / Just Family / Bad For Me / Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980)
Soul - Released by Robinsongs on 17 Jan 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo