There is little doubt Billie Holiday would be intrigued by Dee Dee Bridgewater, the award-winning singer-actress who has portrayed Holiday onstage. Like Holiday, Bridgewater has a certain verve that ...

This Friday, December 21, OffBeat will again partner with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) for a special event, this one featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater. OffBeat Magazine Presents: NOJO’s Holiday ...

When: Friday, Dec. 29 & Saturday, Dec. 30, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Tickets and more info: http://www.jazzaspensnowmass.org The Tony-winning actress and three-time Grammy ...

The New Yorker says: “What binds them together is a love of well-crafted songs and a fierce commitment to authentic performance.” This joyful, spontaneous cabaret breathes new life into familiar ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are country award shows and hip-hop award ones, Latin Grammys and beyond — so why hasn’t there been a televised jazz music award show to look forward to every year? That ...

The Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce an exceptional evening featuring award-winning jazz artists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap. This special performance will blend ...

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band--that was my musical training. Everything I'm doing; you can trace it all back to my days with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. In jazz, as in life, the most interesting path ...

In words as well as music, hear how seriously Bridgewater takes her role as a music mentor and how it connects to her own experience in the jazz... Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free When Dee Dee ...

The songs that constitute the Great American Songbook will bend, but they won’t break. This body of music is infinitely flexible. You can take a number by Duke Ellington or Cole Porter and reinterpret ...

The summer’s getting hot and so are the new-music releases rosters. This week brings new efforts from country star Dierks Bentley and Neil Young, a return of the Swell Season, a live set from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Dee Dee Bridgewater comes to Wharton Center on Oct. 4, it will be a bit of a homecoming. The international jazz great — ...