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Qatar Airways Modern Masters

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Dee Dee Bridgewater Sings -USA

"The audience adores her."
The Guardian


"Erotic torque...pioneering every phrase...when she hit the first note, it seemed you could heaer the last note in it. And in every note you could almost hear the rest of jazz."
Hollywood Reporter

One of the great entertainers of her generation, jazz diva Dee Dee Bridgewater takes to the stage for her long-awaited Melbourne debut.

Equally applauded for her heartfelt tributes to past legends, as well as her exploration of new musical horizons, Bridgewater has been renowned throughout her sparkling four-decade career as a torchbearer for female vocalists in the tradition of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan....

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Qatar Airways Modern Masters

Festival Exclusive
Dee Dee Bridgewater Sings -USA

"The audience adores her."
The Guardian


"Erotic torque...pioneering every phrase...when she hit the first note, it seemed you could heaer the last note in it. And in every note you could almost hear the rest of jazz."
Hollywood Reporter

One of the great entertainers of her generation, jazz diva Dee Dee Bridgewater takes to the stage for her long-awaited Melbourne debut.

Equally applauded for her heartfelt tributes to past legends, as well as her exploration of new musical horizons, Bridgewater has been renowned throughout her sparkling four-decade career as a torchbearer for female vocalists in the tradition of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

Her charismatic and powerful presence on both the concert platform and theatre stage has seen collaborations with jazz icons such as Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Roland Kirk; and led to three Grammy Awards, Broadway’s coveted Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Musical for The Wiz), France’s top honour of a Victoire de la Musique, and a nomination for the West End’s Laurence Olivier Award (Best Actress in a Musical for Lady Day).

For this exclusive Australian appearance, Bridgewater will use her trademark searing vocals and scat interpretations to reinvent jazz classics, bringing the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival to an unforgettable close.

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