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Bridgewater, Dee Dee

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Personal name headingBridgewater, Dee Dee
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Variant(s)Garrett, Denise
Bridgewater, Denise
Biography/History noteIndividual was a Grammy awardee and a Tony awardee.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19500527
Place of birthMemphis (Tenn.)
AffiliationMichigan State University University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) University of Illinois Jazz Band Jazz Orchestra Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations National Public Radio (U.S.)
Profession or occupationJazz singers
Found inHer Dee Dee Bridgewater live in Paris [SR] p1987: label (Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Bridgewater (née Garrett), Dee Dee (Denise); b. May 27, 1950, Memphis; singer)
Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Bridgewater, Dee Dee; b. Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950, Memphis, Tenn.)
African American National Biography, accessed April 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bridgewater, Dee Dee; Denise Eileen Garrett; jazz singer; born 27 May 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States; attended Michigan State University, East Lansing (1968) and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; toured with University of Illinois Jazz Band, Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1969); was lead vocalist for Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1971) and New York Jazz orchestra; toured United States and France (1983-1984); waz a jazz singer at Montreux Jazz Festival (1990), host of Jazz Set, National Public Radio (2001), and ambassador at United Nations's (U.N.) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (1999); earned Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for role of Glinda, original Broadway production The Wiz earned Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (1975); starred in Lady Day as Billie Holiday and gained a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award (1986), for album Dear Ella; won Grammy Award for best jazz vocal album (1998), and another nomination for Live at Yoshi's (2000))