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Date(s) - 09/10/2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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“…a surefooted and sparkling singer ”
— The New York Times“The most capable jazz singer of her generation ”
— Village Voice
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Music of Horace Silver
- Dee Dee Bridgewater — vocals
- Arthur Edmaiston — tenor saxophone
- Marc Franklin — trumpet
- Charlton Johnson — guitar
- Farindell Smith — piano, organ
- Barry Campbell — bass
- James Sexton — drums
As a female African-American artist who found acceptance in France before her native U.S., Dee Dee Bridgewater has had a career that closely mirrors that of 1920s singer and dancer Josephine Baker. For this night, Bridgewater performs music closely associated with Baker as well as the popular French chanson singers of the era including Edith Piaf, Mistinguett, and Charles Trenet – music she released as homage to Baker and her adopted France on her 2005 album J’ai deux Amours, named for the song Baker made her own.
About Dee Dee Bridgewater
Since she first gained recognition in the early 1970s with the great Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Bridgewater has thrived wherever she’s landed, from Broadway, where she earned a Tony Award for her work in the original production of The Wiz, to Paris, where she spent more than a decade as France’s greatest champion of jazz. After moving back to the US in 1999 Bridgewater quickly regained visibility at home with a series of brilliant albums, while also hosting NPR’s syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.