LC control no. | n 87128638 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Bridgewater, Dee Dee |
Variant(s) | Garrett, Denise Bridgewater, Denise |
Biography/History note | Individual was a Grammy awardee and a Tony awardee. |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 19500527 |
Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
Affiliation | Michigan 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 occupation | Jazz singers |
Found in | Her 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)) |