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DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

How do you fit the life of someone celebrated for her multi-dimensional artistry, and more importantly, a quintessential human being, in a few hundred words or so? Why, even a 300- or 400-page book wouldn’t do to fit all that she has accomplished in life so far. Here’s a snapshot: three GRAMMY Awards, a Tony Award winner for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz - the Broadway version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1975) - the Doris Duke Award (2019), NEA Jazz Master (2020), Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, first American to be inducted into the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie, Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Award (France), and that is just scratching the surface. [READ MORE]

Catch the Dee Dee Bridgewater of yesterday, today and tomorrow at Birdland Jazz Club - NYC,  January 22 – 25

~ Raul da Gama

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