Over a four decade career, Memphis-born Dee Dee Bridgewater has earned three Grammy awards including Best Jazz Vocal Album and her double-Grammy winning tribute album to Ella Fitzgerald. She’s performed with such jazz greats as Max Roach and Dizzie Gillespie. On the New York stage, she received a “Best Actress” Lawrence Olivier nomination for her lead role as Billy Holiday, and won a Tony Award as Glinda in The Wiz.
KUDOS: Dee Dee Bridgewater inducted into Memphis Music Hall of Fame
