Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater never stops renewing herself, surprising each time an audience that asks for more, ready to follow her in all her eccentricities, impossible quests and musical journeys. If the singer with her deep voice, overwhelming emotions and powerful rhythm was already a jazz diva, she has, for the past few years, decided to operate in a new register. That of the blues, which she has long refused to explore.

It was her mother who forbade her to sing this music that was synonymous for her with debauchery, alcohol and poverty. Yet by secretly listening to the sounds that called her to her roots, Dee Dee Bridgewater already knew that these songs would set her completely free.

 
Bursting with laughter like thunder, fiery temperament and communicative energy as a banner, she embarked on a journey that was as much about initiation as it was about geography in search of her origins. African at first by going to Senegal and Mali, then from the south of the United States, spending time in the city of Memphis where she lived her early years. Each time, she listens, learns, creates and is inspired by her own journey to talk about universal issues: the quest for identity, uprooting, social struggles.

 
Committed since her beginnings to civil rights in the USA, often close to the Black Panther movement and a fervent admirer of Angela Davis, she now tells the story of African-American history, racism, her femininity but also Love. And she has a lot of it! Despite the years, the artist on stage is more sensual than ever. She grooves, she dances, she no longer refuses anything and propagates, as always, an explosive and communicative happiness.