Dee Dee Bridgewater with the Memphis Soulphony
When
- June 26, 2018 - Showtime: 8:00pm
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Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-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. Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammy-winner recently won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. 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 CDs), 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.
The story of Dee Dee Bridgewater's stunning new album, "Memphis...Yes, I'm Ready," begins in Memphis, where she was born. To honor the city and her roots, the 2017 NEA (National Education Association) Jazz Master, three-time GRAMMY, Tony award winner knew that she would have to come back home to do it right. The result of Memphis: Yes, I’m Ready is an album that sounds and feels like Memphis but also denotes, as only a Dee Dee Bridgewater album can, her originality and incredibly dynamic take on each track, and with every performance.
