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Dee Dee Bridgewater Biography
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․"