Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States (27 May 1950)
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Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in F…
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Jazzwise (UK)
April 19, 2022
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The celebrated vocalist made an emphatic return to Europe with a bluesy big band collaboration in Bozar, Brussels
In jazz, singer Dee Dee Bridgewater may be the embodiment of this principle, her enormous voice and outsized persona transforming Millennium Park into her parlor Saturday night during the 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival (which ends Sunday).