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href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dee Dee Bridgewater" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dee Dee Bridgewater" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AF%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="დი დი ბრიჯუოთერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დი დი ბრიჯუოთერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" 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Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dee Dee Bridgewater" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="ディー・ディー・ブリッジウォーター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ディー・ディー・ブリッジウォーター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dee Dee Bridgewater" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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radio host</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1966–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data">DDB Records, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Masterworks" title="Sony Masterworks">Sony Masterworks</a>, <a href="/wiki/OKeh_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="OKeh Records">OKeh Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a>, <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deedeebridgewater.com">www<wbr />.deedeebridgewater<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Dee Dee Bridgewater</b> (née <b>Denise</b> <b>Garrett</b>, May 27, 1950) is an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> singer and actress. She is a three-time <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>'s syndicated radio show <i>JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> Goodwill Ambassador for the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born <b>Denise Eileen Garrett</b> to an <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, she was raised <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint, Michigan</a>. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, she was exposed to jazz early on. At the age of 16, she was a member of a Rock and <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> trio, singing in clubs in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. At 18, she studied at <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State University</a>, before attending the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>. With the school's jazz band, she toured the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes1998-09-22_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes1998-09-22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next year, she met trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Bridgewater" title="Cecil Bridgewater">Cecil Bridgewater</a>, and after their marriage, they moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where Cecil played in <a href="/wiki/Horace_Silver" title="Horace Silver">Horace Silver</a>'s band. In the early 1970s, Bridgewater joined the <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones/Mel_Lewis_Big_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band">Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra</a> as lead vocalist.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the beginning of her jazz career, and she performed with many of the great jazz musicians of the time, such as <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Roach" title="Max Roach">Max Roach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk" title="Rahsaan Roland Kirk">Rahsaan Roland Kirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Garfield" title="Wayne Garfield">Wayne Garfield</a>, and others. She performed at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Jazz_Festival" title="Monterey Jazz Festival">Monterey Jazz Festival</a> in 1973. In 1974, her first solo album, entitled <i>Afro Blue</i>, appeared, and she performed on Broadway in the <a href="/wiki/Musical_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater">musical</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For her role as <a href="/wiki/Glinda_the_Good_Witch" class="mw-redirect" title="Glinda the Good Witch">Glinda the Good Witch</a> she won a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> in 1975 as "Best Featured Actress", and the musical also won the 1976 <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Show_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album">Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ddbridg014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ddbridg014.JPG/220px-Ddbridg014.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ddbridg014.JPG/330px-Ddbridg014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ddbridg014.JPG/440px-Ddbridg014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3505" data-file-height="2376" /></a><figcaption>In concert in 1990</figcaption></figure> <p>She subsequently appeared in several other stage productions. After touring <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> in 1984 with the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Sophisticated_Ladies" title="Sophisticated Ladies">Sophisticated Ladies</a></i>, she moved to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> in 1986. The same year saw her in <i>Lady Day,</i> as <a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, for which role she was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Olivier Award">Laurence Olivier Award</a>, as well as recording the song "Precious Thing" with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, featured on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Victim_of_Love_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Victim of Love (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Victim of Love</a></i>. </p><p>In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she returned from the world of Pop and <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">Contemporary R&B</a> to Jazz. She performed at the <a href="/wiki/Sanremo_Music_Festival" title="Sanremo Music Festival">Sanremo Music Festival</a> in Italy and the <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a> in 1990, and four years later, she finally collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Horace_Silver" title="Horace Silver">Horace Silver</a>, whom she had long admired, and released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Peace:_A_Tribute_to_Horace_Silver" title="Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver">Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver</a></i>. She also performed at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Jazz_Festival" title="San Francisco Jazz Festival">San Francisco Jazz Festival</a> (1996). Her 1997 tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Ella" title="Dear Ella">Dear Ella</a></i> won her the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Jazz_Vocal_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album">Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album</a>, and the 1998 album <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Yoshi%27s_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Live at Yoshi's (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Live at Yoshi's</a></i> was also worth a Grammy nomination. She performed again at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Jazz_Festival" title="Monterey Jazz Festival">Monterey Jazz Festival</a> in 1998. She has also explored on <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_New_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">This Is New</a></i> (2002) the songs of <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a>, and, on her next album <i><a href="/wiki/J%27ai_deux_amours" title="J'ai deux amours">J'ai deux amours</a></i> (2005), the French Classics. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG/220px-Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG/330px-Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG/440px-Hancock_Bridgewater.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> and Bridgewater giving a masterclass to musicians in <a href="/wiki/Rabat" title="Rabat">Rabat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Her album <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Earth_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Red Earth (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Red Earth</a></i>, released in 2007, features Africa-inspired themes and contributions by numerous musicians from <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>. She performed at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Jazz_Festival" title="San Francisco Jazz Festival">San Francisco Jazz Festival</a> (2007). On December 8, 2007, she performed with the <a href="/wiki/Terence_Blanchard" title="Terence Blanchard">Terence Blanchard</a> Quintet at the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She tours frequently, including overseas gigs around the world. October 16, 2009, found her opening the Shanghai JZ Jazz Festival,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which she sang tunes associated with <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, along with Ellington compositions and other jazz standards. </p><p>As a Goodwill Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization</a>, Bridgewater continues to appeal for international solidarity to finance global grassroots projects in the fight against world hunger. She's also been bestowed with honorary doctorates from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan%E2%80%93Flint" title="University of Michigan–Flint">University of Michigan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2017, Bridgewater was the recipient of an <a href="/wiki/NEA_Jazz_Masters" title="NEA Jazz Masters">NEA Jazz Masters</a> Award<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with honors bestowed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and in 2018 was awarded the 2018 Maria Fisher Founder's Award by the <a href="/wiki/Thelonious_Monk_Institute_of_Jazz" class="mw-redirect" title="Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz">Thelonious Monk/Hancock Institute of Jazz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bridgewater was also, in November 2019, inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Memphis Music Hall of Fame">Memphis Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bridgewater has a long history of philanthropy and advocacy. Her appointment as UN Goodwill Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">FAO</a>, as well as the ASCAP Foundation Champion Award, along with her ongoing work with UNESCO for World Jazz Day coupled with her recognition as a Doris Duke Artist set in motion her founding of The Woodshed Network. Launched in 2019, The Woodshed Network was conceived as a program for Women in Jazz, to provide professional support and accelerate careers through mentorship, knowledge sharing and community interaction. The program is a collaboration between Dee Dee Bridgewater as artistic director, (DDB Productions + DDB Records), Tulani Bridgewater-Kowalski as Co-Artistic Director & Program Curator (Bridgewater Artists Management), and <a href="/w/index.php?title=651_ARTS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="651 ARTS (page does not exist)">651 ARTS</a> with funding by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The first year's alumna include Erinn Alexis (sax), <a href="/wiki/Lakecia_Benjamin" title="Lakecia Benjamin">Lakecia Benjamin</a> (sax), Darynn Dean (vocals), Sarah Hanahan (sax), Kennedy (vocals), Amina Scott (bass), and Sequoia Snyder (piano). Program mentors included <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jordan" title="Sheila Jordan">Sheila Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthel_Neville" title="Arthel Neville">Arthel Neville</a>, Marilyn Rosen (Marilyn Rosen Presents), Alisse Kingsley (Muse Media Public Relations), Maureen McFadden (DL Media), Jett Galindo (The Bakery LA), Shirazette Tinnin, Fanny Delsol (Motema), Simma Levine (NJ PAC), Robin Tomchin (Motema), Stacie Negas (Sony Masterworks), and Lisa Jefferson (LRJ Account Management), with Bridgewater-Kowalski serving as moderator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting">Acting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dee Dee Bridgewater has appeared in such films as the 1979 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fish_That_Saved_Pittsburgh" title="The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh">The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh</a></i> and the 1984 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brother_from_Another_Planet" title="The Brother from Another Planet">The Brother from Another Planet</a></i>. She has made a guest appearance in the hit sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Benson_(TV_series)" title="Benson (TV series)">Benson</a></i> and the hit sci-fi fantasy TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Highlander:_The_Series" title="Highlander: The Series">Highlander: The Series</a></i>. </p><p>Film and television credits include: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody_Rides_the_Carousel" title="Everybody Rides the Carousel">Everybody Rides the Carousel</a></i>, Stage 7, 1976</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fish_That_Saved_Pittsburgh" title="The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh">The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh</a></i> as Brandy, 1979</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benson_(TV_series)" title="Benson (TV series)">Benson</a></i> as Michelle, 1980</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Life_(1981_TV_series)" title="Another Life (1981 TV series)">Another Life</a></i> as Samantha Marshall, 1982</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Partners" title="Night Partners">Night Partners</a></i> as Gloria, 1983</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i> as Glinda, the Good Witch of the South (TV version of Broadway Musical), 1983<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brother_from_Another_Planet" title="The Brother from Another Planet">The Brother from Another Planet</a></i> as Malverne Davis, 1984</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highlander:_The_Series" title="Highlander: The Series">Highlander: The Series</a></i> as Carolyn Lamb in "The Beast Below" (Season 1, Ep.16), 1993<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Falstaff on the Moon</i> (short film), 1993<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Corps plongés</i> (It's Not About Love) as "la femme au verre du lait", 1998</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Go_West!_A_Lucky_Luke_Adventure" title="Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure">Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure</a></i> as Molly, 2007</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bridgewater is the mother to three children, Tulani Bridgewater (from her marriage to <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Bridgewater" title="Cecil Bridgewater">Cecil Bridgewater</a>), <a href="/wiki/China_Moses" title="China Moses">China Moses</a> (from her marriage to theater, film and television director <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Moses" title="Gilbert Moses">Gilbert Moses</a>) and Gabriel Durand (from her last marriage to French concert promoter Jean-Marie Durand).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tulani, her eldest daughter, attended the <a href="/wiki/The_Mirman_School" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mirman School">Mirman School for Gifted Children</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California. She serves as Bridgewater's manager under her firm Bridgewater Artists Management and runs Bridgewater's production company and record label (DDB Productions, Inc. and DDB Records).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bridgewater's daughter China Moses is an accomplished singer, songwriter, producer, radio host and <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_Jockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Video Jockey">VJ</a> (France). Her critically acclaimed albums have earned her an international reputation as heir to her mother's legacy. Moses also tours worldwide, occasionally sharing the bill with Bridgewater.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> are awarded annually by the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a>. Bridgewater has won two Grammys with eight nominations.<sup id="cite_ref-Grammy_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammy-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Label </th></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Paris_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Live in Paris (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Live in Paris</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Performance,_Female" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female">Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Keeping_Tradition" title="Keeping Tradition">Keeping Tradition</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Performance">Best Jazz Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Peace:_A_Tribute_to_Horace_Silver" title="Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver">Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Performance">Best Jazz Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Ella" title="Dear Ella">Dear Ella</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Performance">Best Jazz Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Yoshi%27s_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Live at Yoshi's (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Live at Yoshi's</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Album">Best Jazz Vocal Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/J%27ai_deux_amours" title="J'ai deux amours">J'ai deux amours</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Album">Best Jazz Vocal Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Earth_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Red Earth (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Red Earth – A Malian Journey</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Album">Best Jazz Vocal Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eleanora_Fagan_(1915-1959):_To_Billie_with_Love_from_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater">Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Jazz_Vocal_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Jazz Vocal Album">Best Jazz Vocal Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_accolades">Other accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>First American to be inducted into the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a> Award (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>, Best Featured Actress in a Musical, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i>, 1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Olivier Award">Laurence Olivier Award</a> Nomination, Best Actress in a Musical, <i>Lady Day</i>, 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AUDELCO" title="AUDELCO">AUDELCO</a> Award, Outstanding Performance in a Musical-Female, <i>Lady Day</i>, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASCAP" class="mw-redirect" title="ASCAP">ASCAP</a> Foundation Champion Award,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEA_Jazz_Masters" title="NEA Jazz Masters">NEA Jazz Masters</a>, 2017<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Duke_Performing_Artist_Award" title="Doris Duke Performing Artist Award">Doris Duke Performing Artist Award</a>, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Thelonious Monk <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock_Institute_of_Jazz" title="Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz">Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz</a> Maria Fisher Founder's Award, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_Jazz_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="German Jazz Trophy (page does not exist)">German Jazz Trophy</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Jazz_Trophy" class="extiw" title="de:German Jazz Trophy">de</a>]</sup> – A Life for Jazz Award, Stuttgart Jazz Open, 2019<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Memphis Music Hall of Fame">Memphis Music Hall of Fame</a>, 2019<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th colspan="4">Chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Label </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:smaller;"> <th style="width:35px;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US Pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:35px;"><a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">US R&B</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:35px;"><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz Albums">US Jazz</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:35px;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts#albums" title="Billboard charts">US Tra. Jazz</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Afro_Blue_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Afro Blue</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;">Trio </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_(1976_album)" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976 album)">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Family" title="Just Family">Just Family</a></i> </td> <td>170 </td> <td>— </td> <td>13<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_for_Me_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Bad for Me (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Bad for Me</a></i> </td> <td>182 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>30<sup id="cite_ref-BB_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_(1980_album)" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980 album)">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Paris_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Live in Paris (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Live in Paris</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Victim_of_Love_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Victim of Love (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Victim of Love</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/In_Montreux" title="In Montreux">In Montreux</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Keeping_Tradition" title="Keeping Tradition">Keeping Tradition</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Peace:_A_Tribute_to_Horace_Silver" title="Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver">Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>47 </td> <td>13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Prelude_to_a_Kiss:_The_Duke_Ellington_Album" title="Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album">Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Philips_Records" title="Philips Records">Philips Classics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Ella" title="Dear Ella">Dear Ella</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>5 </td> <td>12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Yoshi%27s_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Live at Yoshi's (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Live at Yoshi's</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>44 </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_New_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">This Is New</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>26 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/J%27ai_deux_amours" title="J'ai deux amours">J'ai deux amours</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>37 </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">DDB Records </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Red_Earth_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Red Earth (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)"><i>Red Earth: A Malian Journey</i></a> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>31 </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">DDB Records </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Eleanora_Fagan_(1915-1959):_To_Billie_with_Love_from_Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater">Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>19 </td> <td>14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/EmArcy_Records" title="EmArcy Records">EmArcy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">2011 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Sun_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Midnight Sun (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Midnight Sun</a></i> (Compilation) </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>20 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/EmArcy_Records" title="EmArcy Records">EmArcy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee%27s_Feathers" title="Dee Dee's Feathers">Dee Dee's Feathers</a></i> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>11 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/OKeh_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="OKeh Records">OKeh</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sony_Masterworks" title="Sony Masterworks">Sony Masterworks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis..._Yes,_I%27m_Ready" title="Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready">Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>10 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/OKeh_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="OKeh Records">OKeh</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sony_Masterworks" title="Sony Masterworks">Sony Masterworks</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>As guest</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Foster_(jazz_musician)" title="Frank Foster (jazz musician)">Frank Foster</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Loud_Minority" title="The Loud Minority">The Loud Minority</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Records" title="Mainstream Records">Mainstream</a>, 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Clarke" title="Stanley Clarke">Stanley Clarke</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Forever" title="Children of Forever">Children of Forever</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a>, 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Ayers" title="Roy Ayers">Roy Ayers</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coffy_(soundtrack)" title="Coffy (soundtrack)">Coffy</a></i> (Polydor, 1973) – as Denise Bridgewater</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Terry" title="Buddy Terry">Buddy Terry</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Lean_on_Him" title="Lean on Him">Lean on Him</a></i> (Mainstream, 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Connors" title="Norman Connors">Norman Connors</a> – <i>Love from the Sun</i> (<a href="/wiki/Buddah_Records" title="Buddah Records">Buddah</a>, 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_McBee" title="Cecil McBee">Cecil McBee</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Mutima" title="Mutima">Mutima</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Strata-East_Records" title="Strata-East Records">Strata-East</a>, 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sullivan_(musician)" title="Charles Sullivan (musician)">Charles Sullivan</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Charles_Sullivan_album)" title="Genesis (Charles Sullivan album)">Genesis</a></i> (Strata-East, 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Garnett" title="Carlos Garnett">Carlos Garnett</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Love_(Carlos_Garnett_album)" title="Black Love (Carlos Garnett album)">Black Love</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Muse_Records" title="Muse Records">Muse</a>, 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Clarke" title="Stanley Clarke">Stanley Clarke</a> – <i>I Wanna Play for You</i> (<a href="/wiki/Nemperor_Records" title="Nemperor Records">Nemperor</a>, 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl_Orchestra" title="Hollywood Bowl Orchestra">Hollywood Bowl Orchestra</a> – <i>Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album</i> (<a href="/wiki/Philips_Records" title="Philips Records">Philips Classics</a>, 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" title="Ray Brown (musician)">Ray Brown</a> — <i><a href="/wiki/Some_of_My_Best_Friends_Are...Singers" title="Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers">Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Telarc_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Telarc Records">Telarc</a>, 1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BWB_(band)" title="BWB (band)">BWB</a> – <i>Groovin'</i> (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a>, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_McBride" title="Christian McBride">Christian McBride</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Conversations_with_Christian" title="Conversations with Christian">Conversations with Christian</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Mack_Avenue_Records" title="Mack Avenue Records">Mack Avenue</a>, 2011)</li></ul> <p><b>Film soundtrack</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Coffy" title="Coffy">Coffy</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hill" title="Jack Hill">Jack Hill</a>, 1973) — performer: "Coffy Baby", "Coffy Is the Color (Main Title)" – as Denise Bridgewater</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Try_This_One_for_Size" title="Try This One for Size">Try This One for Size</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Guy_Hamilton" title="Guy Hamilton">Guy Hamilton</a>, 1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brother_from_Another_Planet" title="The Brother from Another Planet">The Brother from Another Planet</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/John_Sayles" title="John Sayles">John Sayles</a>, 1984) — performer: "Getaway", "Boss of the Block"</li> <li><i>Présumé dangereux</i> (dir. Georges Lautner, 1990) — performer: "Turning Round"<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Vengeance_d%27une_blonde" title="La Vengeance d'une blonde">La Vengeance d'une Blonde</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jeannot_Szwarc" title="Jeannot Szwarc">Jeannot Szwarc</a>, 1994) – performer with <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bailey" title="Philip Bailey">Philip Bailey</a>: "<a href="/wiki/People_and_Places_(song)" title="People and Places (song)">People and Places</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monster-in-Law" title="Monster-in-Law">Monster-in-Law</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Luketic" title="Robert Luketic">Robert Luketic</a>, 2005) — performer: "Into My Soul"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elsa_%26_Fred_(2014_film)" title="Elsa & Fred (2014 film)">Elsa & Fred</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Radford" title="Michael Radford">Michael Radford</a>, 2014) — performer: "Step 1"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dee_Dee_Bridgewater&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/event/music/353256144/jazzset-signs-off">"JazzSet Signs Off"</a>. <i>Npr.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro_Blue_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Afro Blue</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_(1976_album)" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976 album)">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Record" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Record">Atlantic</a>, 1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Family" title="Just Family">Just Family</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_for_Me_(Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_album)" title="Bad for Me (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)">Bad for Me</a></i> (released 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater_(1980_album)" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980 album)">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a>, 1980)</li> 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href="/wiki/Pat_Stanley" title="Pat Stanley">Pat Stanley</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Neway" title="Patricia Neway">Patricia Neway</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Grimes" title="Tammy Grimes">Tammy Grimes</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Newman" title="Phyllis Newman">Phyllis Newman</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Quayle" title="Anna Quayle">Anna Quayle</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tessie_O%27Shea" title="Tessie O'Shea">Tessie O'Shea</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Karnilova" title="Maria Karnilova">Maria Karnilova</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bea_Arthur" title="Bea Arthur">Beatrice Arthur</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peg_Murray" title="Peg Murray">Peg Murray</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Hayman" title="Lillian Hayman">Lillian Hayman</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Mercer" title="Marian Mercer">Marian Mercer</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melba_Moore" title="Melba Moore">Melba Moore</a> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Eagan" title="Daisy Eagan">Daisy Eagan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonya_Pinkins" title="Tonya Pinkins">Tonya Pinkins</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Martin" title="Andrea Martin">Andrea Martin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audra_McDonald" title="Audra McDonald">Audra McDonald</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretha_Boston" title="Gretha Boston">Gretha Boston</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Duquesnay" title="Ann Duquesnay">Ann Duquesnay</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillias_White" title="Lillias White">Lillias White</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audra_McDonald" title="Audra McDonald">Audra McDonald</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth" title="Kristin Chenoweth">Kristin Chenoweth</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Ziemba" title="Karen Ziemba">Karen Ziemba</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td 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James</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Kaye" title="Judy Kaye">Judy Kaye</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Martin" title="Andrea Martin">Andrea Martin</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Hall" title="Lena Hall">Lena Hall</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthie_Ann_Miles" title="Ruthie Ann Miles">Ruthie Ann Miles</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Elise_Goldsberry" title="Renée Elise Goldsberry">Renée Elise Goldsberry</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Bay_Jones" title="Rachel Bay Jones">Rachel Bay Jones</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Mendez" title="Lindsay Mendez">Lindsay Mendez</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Stroker" title="Ali Stroker">Ali Stroker</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Patten" title="Lauren Patten">Lauren Patten</a> (2020/21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_LuPone" title="Patti LuPone">Patti LuPone</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Milligan" title="Bonnie Milligan">Bonnie Milligan</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kecia_Lewis" title="Kecia Lewis">Kecia Lewis</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NPR133" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NPR" title="Template:NPR"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NPR" title="Template talk:NPR"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NPR" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NPR"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NPR133" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Productions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Songs_Considered" title="All Songs Considered">All Songs Considered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Things_Considered" title="All Things Considered">All Things Considered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alt.Latino" title="Alt.Latino">Alt.Latino</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Code_Switch" title="Code Switch">Code Switch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Consider_This_(podcast)" title="Consider This (podcast)">Consider This</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_and_Now_(Boston)" title="Here and Now (Boston)">Here and Now</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Built_This" title="How I Built This">How I Built This</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invisibilia" title="Invisibilia">Invisibilia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Edition" title="Morning Edition">Morning Edition</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Compromise_(podcast)" title="No Compromise (podcast)">No Compromise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_Money" title="Planet Money">Planet Money</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rough_Translation" title="Rough Translation">Rough Translation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a> Radio Hour</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thistle_%26_Shamrock" title="The Thistle & Shamrock">The Thistle & Shamrock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Throughline" title="Throughline">Throughline</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Desk_Concerts" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiny Desk Concerts">Tiny Desk Concerts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_First" title="Up First">Up First</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wait_Wait..._Don%27t_Tell_Me!" title="Wait Wait... 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title="Jon Hamilton">Jon Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Hinojosa" title="Maria Hinojosa">Maria Hinojosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Holmes_(writer)" title="Linda Holmes (writer)">Linda Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Inskeep" title="Steve Inskeep">Steve Inskeep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Louise_Kelly" title="Mary Louise Kelly">Mary Louise Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kuhn" title="Anthony Kuhn">Anthony Kuhn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Kurtis" title="Bill Kurtis">Bill Kurtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_Liasson" title="Mara Liasson">Mara Liasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Martin" title="Michel Martin">Michel Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="A Martínez">A Martínez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_McEvers" title="Kelly McEvers">Kelly McEvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mondello" title="Bob Mondello">Bob Mondello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Montagne" title="Renée Montagne">Renée 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<li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Block" title="Melissa Block">Melissa Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Boilen" title="Bob Boilen">Bob Boilen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Brand" title="Madeleine Brand">Madeleine Brand</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_(American_journalist)" title="Paul Brown (American journalist)">Paul Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Chadwick" title="Alex Chadwick">Alex Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Chakrabarti" title="Meghna Chakrabarti">Meghna Chakrabarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farai_Chideya" title="Farai Chideya">Farai Chideya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Conan" title="Neal Conan">Neal Conan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audie_Cornish" title="Audie Cornish">Audie Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Davidson_(journalist)" title="Adam Davidson (journalist)">Adam Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Edwards" title="Bob Edwards">Bob Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Flatow" title="Ira Flatow">Ira Flatow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Flintoff" title="Corey Flintoff">Corey Flintoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_Garcia-Navarro" title="Lulu Garcia-Navarro">Lulu Garcia-Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Garfield" title="Bob Garfield">Bob Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Garrels" title="Anne Garrels">Anne Garrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Gifford" title="Rob Gifford">Rob Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Gladstone" title="Brooke Gladstone">Brooke Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Goodwyn" title="Wade Goodwyn">Wade Goodwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Greene_(journalist)" title="David Greene (journalist)">David Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liane_Hansen" title="Liane Hansen">Liane Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hockenberry" title="John Hockenberry">John Hockenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hobson" title="Jeremy Hobson">Jeremy Hobson</a></li> <li><a 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