Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, Denise was exposed to jazz early on. At the age of sixteen, she was a member of a rock and rhythm'n'blues trio, singing in clubs in Michigan. At 18, she studied at Michigan State University before she went to the University of Illinois. With their jazz band, she toured the Soviet Union in 1969. The next year, she met trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, and after their marriage, they moved to New York City, where Cecil played in Horace Silver's band.
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Stations that played Dee Dee Bridgewater in the last 30 days
- 22×
Allzic Radio Jazz
France · Pop - 16×
Radio Art - Contemporary Vocal
Greece · Vocal Jazz - 15×
Ella Radio - Modern Vocal Jazz
Germany · Pop - 14×
Jazz Only Women
France · Jazz - 12×
1000 Jazz Hits
Jazz - 12×
Jazz de Ville - Jazzy
Netherlands · Jazz - 11×
Jazz Radio by Maestro - Swingin'
Netherlands · Jazz - 10×
City Jazz
Austria · Pop - 10×
Radio Art - Smooth Vocal
Greece · Vocal Jazz - 9×
Радио Эрмитаж Санкт-Петербург 90.1 FM
Russia · Pop - 7×
North Sea Groove
Netherlands · Pop - 7×
Sing Sing
France · Rock
