Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Bridgewater is the first American to be inducted to the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie. She has received the Award of Arts and Letters in France. She also won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in The Wiz.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is named as one of the top singers in both critics' and readers' Down Beat polls. Considering that she was a French denizen for some time (nearly 20 years). This DVD album is fabulous, and is one of the best concerts of DeeDee Bridgeater. I love this concert!
This DVD concert is sung primarily in French, although on a few standards, Ms. Bridgewater sang some songs in english. What makes this dvd so special, is the flexibility in Ms. Bridgewater's approach. She sings "J'ai Duex Amours" seductively, "My Man" with a strong calypso beat; and "Girl Talk" as a strong, shouting funk. Then she does "La Belle Vie", starting with breathless seduction and morphing into strong, solid cabaret-style lines. My favorite is her unique take on "La Vie en Rose." The featured accordion playing, thus adding the European flavor of the standards.
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Antibes and Juan-Les-Pins
Tracklisting:
Intro
J'ai Deux Amours
La Mer/Beyond The Sea
Ne me Quitte pas
Mon Homme/My Man
Et Maintenant
Que Rest-il De Nos Amours
Dansez Sur Moi/Girl Talk
La Belle Vie/The Good Life
Avec Le Temps
Les Feuilles Mortes
La Vie En Rose
