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Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American actor, composer, and jazz musician. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1950, she is also known by the pseudonym Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a singer who performs vocal music and jazz, playing the voice as her primary instrument. Her professional work period began in 1966.
Bridgewater has received the NEA Jazz Masters award and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She was educated at Michigan State University and is affiliated with Atlantic Records. Her notable works include the title Memphis ... yes, I'm ready. She is married to Cecil Bridgewater and Gilbert Moses, and has a child named China Moses.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Memphis ... yes, I'm ready
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture…
Known for
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes — Self2023
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams — Self2020
- Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald — Self2017
- Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies — Self2017
- Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart — Self2017
- Jazz at the White House — Self2016
- Soundbreaking — Self2016
- Billie Holiday: A Sensation — Self2015
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz in Marciac — Self - Vocal - jazz2014
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz Open Stuttgart — Self2013
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1950
Discography
- Afro Blue1974
- Dee Dee Bridgewater1976
- Just Family1978
- Bad for Me1979
- Bad for Me1979
- Dee Dee Bridgewater1980
- Live in Paris1986
- Live in Paris1987
- Precious Thing1989
- Victim of Love1989
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 176,919
- Total plays
- 1,213,270
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Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, Denise was exposed to
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,222x
- The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system
· 2011 · cited 20,709x
- Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
· 2006 · cited 5,274x
- Cisplatin plus Gemcitabine versus Gemcitabine for Biliary Tract Cancer
· 2010 · cited 3,832x
- An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome
· 2012 · cited 3,096x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Denise Eileen Garrett , ( 1950-05-27 ) May 27, 1950 (age 76) , Memphis, Tennessee , U.S.
- Origin
- Flint, Michigan , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz smooth jazz R&B soul
- Occupations
- Singer actress record producer songwriter UN Goodwill Ambassador radio host
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Labels
- DDB Records Sony Masterworks OKeh Records Verve Elektra MCA
- Spouses
- Cecil Bridgewater ( divorced ) Gilbert Moses ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Jean-Marie Durand
- Children
- 3, incl. China Moses
- Website
- www .deedeebridgewater .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Spouse
- Gilbert Moses
- Child
- China Moses
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Michigan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- vocal music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.deedeebridgewater.com
- Image
- Dee dee bridgewater.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- date of birth
- 1950-05-27
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- birth name
- Denise Eileen Garrett
- pseudonym
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- name in native language
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 7790
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Dee Dee Bridgewater, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born Denise Eileen Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Biography
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