We Exist! Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet – 7:00 PM

Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, GRAMMY- and TONY-winning jazz giant 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. Signing with Universal Music Group as a producer (Bridgewater produces all of her albums), Bridgewater released a series of critically acclaimed titles beginning with Keeping Tradition in 1993. All but one – including her wildly successful double GRAMMY Award-winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella – have received GRAMMY nominations.

As a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bridgewater continues to appeal for international solidarity to finance global grassroots projects in the fight against world hunger. She spent the last year on an extensive global tour in support of “Dee Dee’s Feathers” and was recently honored with a stage dedication in her name at the new People’s Health New Orleans Jazz Market.

Dee Dee Bridgewater Website 
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