We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet - Jazzfestival Esslingen 2026

Name: We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet - Jazzfestival Esslingen 2026
Start: 2026-11-01T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-01T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Neckar Forum Esslingen

Sun, 1 Nov 2026 · 18:00

Neckar Forum Esslingen, Germany

55 €

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We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet

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About: Dee Dee Bridgewater

A three-time Grammy winner who cut her teeth with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in the 1970s, Dee Dee Bridgewater has built one of jazz's most restless careers - moving between Broadway, Paris, West Africa, and New Orleans while never losing her command of the stage. Her 2025 duo album Elemental with pianist Bill Charlap earned a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

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Grammy wins (career total)

Grammy nominations (career total)

50+

Active recording career (years)

What's new

2026-04
PBS aired a one-hour special 'International Jazz Day from Abu Dhabi' featuring Bridgewater's performance of 'The Thrill Is Gone'.
2026-03
Carnegie Hall announced Bridgewater as special guest for NYO Jazz 2026, a program for teen jazz musicians.
2025-11
A short film 'If You Believe' marking 50 years of The Wiz, featuring Bridgewater as original Glinda, was released on her YouTube channel.

Tour

FreiburgBarcelonaLondonTourcoingNancySèteBuenos Aires

Tracks

Dear EllaDouble Grammy-winning 1997 tribute album to Ella Fitzgerald, her commercial and critical breakthrough

Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee DeeWon Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2011; recorded alongside her off-Broadway run as Billie Holiday

Red Earth: A Malian JourneyGrammy-nominated 2007 album exploring her African roots, recorded in Mali with local and European musicians

Memphis...Yes, I'm Ready2017 R&B/soul album paying tribute to her Memphis birthplace; led to her induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame

Elemental2025 duo album with pianist Bill Charlap; Grammy-nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2026 ceremony

Recent shows

May 24, 2026 Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin (DE)
Apr 21, 2026 Victoria Hall, Geneva (CH)
Nov 15, 2025 Barbican Centre, London (GB)

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