BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130520T085959CEST-33391SAmHu@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130520T060559Z DESCRIPTION:FEW ENTERTAINERS have ever commanded such depth of artistry in every medium. Fewer still have been rewarded with Broadway&rsquo\;s covete d Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Musical &ndash\; The Wiz)\, nomin ated for the London theater&rsquo\;s West End equivalent\, the Laurence Ol iver Award (Best Actress in a Musical &ndash\; Lady Day)\, won two Grammy& reg\; Awards (1998&rsquo\;s Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Arrangeme nt Accompanying a Vocal for "\;Cottontail"\; &ndash\; Slide Hampto n\, arranger &ndash\; "\;Dear Ella "\;)\, and France&rsquo\;s 1998 top honor Victoire de la Musique (Best Jazz Vocal Album).\n\nDEE DEE CAPT URED THE HEARTS of audiences worldwide in The Wiz with her signature song\ , If You Believe. According to Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson\, Dee D ee&rsquo\;s rendition "\;personified a generation and gave us all hope ."\;\nAS A SPARKLING AMBASSADOR FOR JAZZ\, she bathed in its music bef ore she could walk. Her mother played the greatest albums of Ella Fitzgera ld\, whose artistry provided an inspiration for Dee Dee throughout her car eer. Her father was a trumpeter who taught music &ndash\; to Booker Little \, Charles Lloyd and George Coleman\, among others. It is the kind of back ground that leaves its mark on an adolescent\, especially one who appeared solo and with a trio as soon as she was able. Dee Dee&rsquo\;s other voca tion\, that of globetrotter\, reared its head when she toured the Soviet U nion in 1969 with the University of Illinois Big Band. A year later\, she followed her then husband\, Cecil Bridgewater\, to New York.\n\nDEE DEE MA DE HER PHENOMENAL NEW YORK DEBUT in 1970 as the lead vocalist for the band led by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis\, one of the premier jazz orchestras of t he time. These New York years marked an early career in concerts and on re cordings with such giants as Sonny Rollins\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Dexter Gord on\, Max Roach and Roland Kirk\, and rich experiences with Norman Connors\ , Stanley Clarke and Frank Foster&rsquo\;s "\;Loud Minority."\; DEE DEE DOESN&rsquo\;T CARE MUCH FOR LABELS\, and in 1974 she jumped at th e chance to act and sing on Broadway where her voice\, beauty and stage pr esence won her great success and a Tony Award for her role as Glinda the G ood Witch in The Wiz. This began a long line of awards and accolades as we ll as opportunities to work in Tokyo\, Los Angeles\, Paris and in London w here she garnered the coveted &ldquo\;Laurence Olivier&rdquo\; Award nomin ation as Best Actress for her tour de force portrayal of jazz legend Billi e Holiday in Stephen Stahl&rsquo\;s Lady Day. Performing the lead in equal ly demanding acting/singing roles as Sophisticated Ladies\, Cosmopolitan G reetings\, Black Ballad\, Carmen Jazz and the musical Cabaret (the first b lack actress to star as Sally Bowles)\, she secured her reputation as a co nsummate entertainer.\nNAMED AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS&rsquo\; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) in October 1999\, Dee Dee joined the b attle against world hunger. Appealing for international solidarity to fina nce global grass-roots projects\, the FAO&rsquo\;s Ambassadors aid in deve loping self-reliance in long-term conservation and management of sustainab le agriculture\, rural development and the conservation and management of natural resources.\n\nTAKING OVER THE REIGNS OF JAZZSET FROM THE ILLUSTRIO US BRANFORD MARSALIS\, Dee Dee continues to bring her message to listeners . NPR's JazzSet©\; with Dee Dee Bridgewater is the jazz lover's ears a nd eyes on the world of live music. It presents today's best jazz artists in performance on stages around the world\, taking listeners to Puerto Ric o and Cuba\, as well as Marciac in the French countryside and across the N orth American continent from Montreal to Monterey.\n\n\nEleanora Fagan (1 915-1959) by Dee Dee Bridgewater\nFor More Info Visit Dee Dee Bridgewater' s Website! DTSTART:20110723T000000 DTEND:20110724T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:Dee Dee Bridgewater END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR