Dee Dee Bridgewater Musical artist

Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Personal facts

Dee Dee Bridgewater
Alias (AKA)Garrett Denise Eileen
Birth dateMay 27, 1950
Birth place
Memphis Tennessee
Hometown
Flint Michigan

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Musical artist

Career started1966
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
instrument
Singing
record label
MCA Records
Elektra Records
Verve Records

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Dee Dee Bridgewater on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www-music.duke.edu/jazz_archive/artists/bridgewater.dee.dee/01/bio.html
  2. http://www.deedeebridgewater.com
  3. http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/content/collections/in_their_own_voice_jazz_interviews/williamson_chet/bridgewater.html
  4. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=3487&source_type=A
  5. http://www.rockwired.com/rockwired_interviews_dee_dee_bridgewater.html