Dee Dee Bridgewater

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    Dee Dee, Kurt and Lakecia raise the roof.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to live performing in Rome, with a few butterflies and a beautiful set.

    Dee Dee Bridgewater Returns to Rome

    On a warm July night in central Rome, Dee Dee Bridgewater, wearing a long, floral print dress and broad-rimmed, dark…

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    Galactic will headline the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival.

    Jazz Festival Updates!

    The jazz festival season for 2021 has certainly been a moving target, mostly for the good. With a host of late-breaking…

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    Cha Wa performs at the Creole Tomato Fest on June 30.

    What to Stream, June 29–July 5

    Happy Independence Week to all. Streaming highlights for the week feature Mardi Gras Indian band Cha Wa from the Creole…

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    A cavalcade of stars will be performing on Friday, April 30.

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    Jazz stars will shine on Miami’s bayfront.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater

    What to Stream, April 5–12

    What’s streaming this week? Try Chris Potter and Craig Taborn, Alligator Records at 50, Bob James and Paul Howard,…

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    Reedist and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters fellowship recipient Roscoe Mitchell, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Junius Paul and drummer Vincent Davis perform during Thursday’s NEA ceremony.

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    ​Smoke rises May 29 in Minneapolis following protests in the city where George Floyd was killed May 25 while in police custody.

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    Vocalist Angélique Kidjo is among the performers to contribute to Jazz Foundation of America’s #TheNewGig fundraiser.

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    Carla Thomas (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steven Bernstein, Craig Handy and Natalie Cressman onstage at the WBGO gala on Nov. 6 in Manhattan

    WBGO Celebrates 40 Years

    On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…

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    Samara McLendon poses with her plaque for winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Nov. 24. From left: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Laurin Talese, McLendon and Jane Monheit.

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    Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.

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    Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.

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    Concord Label Group president John Burk (left), Monk Competition winner Tom Oren and Thelonious Monk Institute chairman Herbie Hancock

    Tom Oren Wins 2018 Monk Competition

    The winner of this year’s Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition, Tom Oren, hails from Tel Aviv, Israel—a…

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    Saxophonist and 2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Wayne Shorter delivers a speech Dec. 1 at a State Department dinner in Washington, D.C.

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    Common performs at the 39th annual Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, Ohio.

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    Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater was among the performers on Blue Note at Sea.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater performed songs from her album Memphis … Yes, I’m Ready during a Nov. 16 concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on Sept. 8 as part of the venue’s season opening.

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    The Chicago Jazz Fest (left) and Detroit Jazz Fest will take place over Labor Day Weekend. Admission to both festivals is free.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater will release Memphis—- Yes, I’m Ready on DDB/OKeh Records on Sept. 15.

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    Nicholas Payton (left), Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington perform in a tribute to pianist Geri Allen at the Village Vanguard in New York.

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    Pedrito Martinez (left) and Angélique Kidjo perform during the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, on July 12.

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    Dr. Warrick L. Carter (1942–2017)

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    Diane Reeves (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater and Esperanza Spalding pay homage to Abbey Lincoln during a tribute performance held in honor of the late singer at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 6.

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    Wayne Shorter performs during the April 19 press conference, at which headliners for the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival were announced.

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    The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on April 3, 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (left to right): Representing Ira Gitler, Fitz Gitler; Dick Hyman; Dave Holland; Dr. Lonnie Smith; and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

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    Roscoe Mitchell performs at the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran from Oct. 7–16 in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Jazz Meets World at Stockholm Fest

    This year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, held October 7–16, tilted a bit more in the direction of world music, with jazz…

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater (pictured), Dave Holland, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dick Hyman and Ira Gitler have been named the 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters.