The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dee Dee Bridgewater

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dee Dee Bridgewater

11/10/2014

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2014.254

Singer and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950 - ) was a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress, and hosted NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. Bridgewater was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/10/2014, in Los Angeles, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 27m 37s

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Bridgewater, Dee Dee

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Singer and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater was born on May 27, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. Raised in Flint, Michigan, Bridgewater was exposed early to jazz music; her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School. After high school, Bridgewater attended Michigan State University before transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1969, she toured the Soviet Union with the University of Illinois Big Band.In 1970, Bridgewater met and married tr...