Dee Dee Bridgewater

‘To Billie with Love – A Celebration of ‘Lady Day’
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China Moses ‘This One’s For Dinah’

A stunning double-bill paying tribute to two of the greatest jazz voices of all – Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington.

A Grammy- and Tony Award-winning artist, a producer and a UN Ambassador, Dee Dee Bridgewater is probably the most electrifying stage presence in vocal jazz today. Returning to one of her prime inspirations, the great Billie Holiday, Dee Dee brings her Lady Day show to the Barbican for the first time. Created in the 1980s, the show won her an Olivier award nomination during its London residency. After making her New York debut in 1970 as the lead vocalist for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Dee Dee went on to work may of the great names in jazz including Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach and Roland Kirk. Branching out into musical theatre, she created a successful one-woman show dedicated to Billie Holiday, Lady Day, and brought it to Europe in the 1980s. Now living back in the US after a lengthy residency in France, she has ranged over jazz, soul and French chanson; she was made a Commandeur de L’Ordre des Artes et des Lettres in May 2007. For this show, Dee Dee is joined by Edsel Gomez (piano/musical director), James Carter (reeds), Bruce Cox (drums) and Stefan Lievestro (bass).

Tickets from Barbican Box Office: 0845 120 7550 www.barbican.org.uk