Dee Dee Bridgewater
Birth Name:
Denise Eileen Bridgewater
Birth Place:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack, Music department
Fast Facts
- Has served as a UN Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization
- Served as the 2017 National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master
- Began performing as a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band
- Performed as a singer at Michigan State University and the University of Illinois Jazz Band
- Formed the pop group Iridescents as a teenager, but switched later to jazz
- Has served as a producer for Universal Music Group
- Produced her own album "Keeping Tradition․"