Dee Dee Bridgewater To Billie With Love: A Celebration of Lady Day

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A Grammy Award-winning recording artist and host of NPR's popular JazzSet program, Dee Dee Bridgewater is a consummate entertainer and sparkling ambassador for jazz. As a student, she toured the Soviet Union in 1969 with the University of Illinois Big Band before making her New York debut in 1970 as vocalist for the band led by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, one of the premier jazz orchestras of the time. In 1975, she took Broadway by storm, winning the Tony Award for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz. This began a long line of awards and accolades as well as opportunities to work in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris and London, where she garnered the coveted Laurence Olivier Award nomination as 'Best Actress' for her tour de force portrayal of jazz legend Billie Holiday in Stephen Stahl's Lady Day.

Bridgewater again channels the mystique of Lady Day in this special concert of songs made famous by Billie Holiday, which includes music from her new CD, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee. "Bridgewater is amazing, the type of performer who makes you wonder if you've ever seen or heard a better singer … she seemed to morph into Holiday." (AllAboutJazz.com)