Dee Dee Bridgewater is a Tony and two-ti me Grammy-winning arti st whose show To Billie With Love: A Celebrati on of Lady Day pays tribute to the immortal Billie Holiday.
However, this concert is not a mere renditi on of Lady Day’s repertoire, as Bridgewater is fi rm in establishing her own place within these immortal songs.
Although she can easily channel Holiday in a lush, smoky voice that hits Billie’s cadence just right as she did on the stage in Stephen Stahl’s 1986 play Lady Day, Bridgewater steers clear of straight mimicry.
With a talented backup band, Bridgewater plays Holiday
favourites like the solemn "Strange Fruit" and "You’ve Changed" to the unforgett able "Lover Man" and "Good Morning, Heartache," so that Billie is remarkably present in spirit.
Reviewers have likened the exchange between Bridgewater and her sax player James Carter as akin to that between Billie Holiday and the great Lester "Prez" Young.
Bridgewater also brings her incomparable vocal skill and presence to a female jazz arti st with whom she identi fi es and one she deeply loves.
Bridgewater had her fi rst big breakthrough in the 1970s performing with the famed Thad
Dee Dee Bridgewater
To Billie with Love - A Celebration of 'Lady Day' Thursday, March 22, 2012
Jones-Mel Lewis big band at the Village Vanguard. She had the opportunity to play with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Max Roach, among many others.
Bridgewater has had a diverse career that has seen her performing in a wide range of venues around the world to rave reviews.
Although Billie Holiday lived a tragic life, when Dee Dee Bridgewater brings her tribute to the stage, we will bear witness to the true strength and arti stry of Lady Day’s life and work as portrayed by one of today's most talented jazz vocalists, actors and entertainers with extraordinary range and versati lity.
musicality that bests most performers of her generati on and makes
"Bridgewater has a technique and
pretenders pale in comparison." (The Guardian, UK)
8 Grammy Nominations 1 Tony Award
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