Reuters - Jan 8, 2010
No one can accuse Dee Dee Bridgewater of playing it safe. The Grammy Award-winning vocalist fused jazz with the colorful rhythms of West Africa's Republic of Mali on the 2007 multicultural outing...
More »AP - Mar 14, 2008
Two-time Grammy winner Dee Dee Bridgewater was honored Friday with an award from France s prestigious National Order of Arts and Letters. The 57-year-old jazz singer, who has spent many years of her...
More »Reuters - Sep 6, 2006
West Africa time is liquid and the evening air saturated with equatorial humidity. Cotton clothes are drenched with sweat, and the distinctively Malian polyrhythms are luminous as jazz vocalist Dee Dee...
More »Reuters - Feb 20, 2006
A contemporary of Duke Ellington, pianist Mary Lou Williams was not only jazz s premier female instrumentalist but also a brilliant, yet underappreciated composer. Now, one of her rarely played masterworks...
More »Reuters - Sep 16, 2005
One of jazz s pre-eminent vocalists, Dee Dee Bridgewater moved to France in 1986 and used her adopted home as the launching pad for her spunky stylings. She is a Grammy and Tony Award winner, the first...
More »AP - Nov 5, 2003
It s a great time to be Dee Dee Bridgewater . The 53-year-old jazz singer, who moved back to the United States from France four years ago, finds herself more in demand than ever. Bridgewater, a Grammy...
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