Dee Dee Bridgewater
USA
Born: 27 May 1950
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, Vocal, R&B, Electronic
Styles: Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Soul, R&B/Soul, Smooth Soul, Disco, Dance, Quiet Storm, Hip-Hop/Urban
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One of the best jazz singers of her generation, Dee Dee Bridgewater (who was married to trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater in the early '70s) 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 t...
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