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Dee Dee Bridgewater

real name Denise Eileen Garrett

Memphis, United States · b. 1950-05-27

Dee Dee Bridgewater is credited on 514 releases across 112 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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514

Credits

112

Albums

6

Decades active

67

In collections

Biography

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US soul, disco, jazz singer (* 27 May 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.).
She grew up in Flint, Michigan.
Married trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater in 1970 and moved to New York City.
In 1976-1980 she released some high class disco soul albums, accompanied by top session musicians.
She worked with many of the leading jazz musicians of the day such as Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie as well as appearing in the musical 'The Wiz' as 'Glinda The Good Witch'.
She moved to Paris in 1986 where she continued to act and record.

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Credited work

514 releases · 112 albums · active 1972–2025

  • Performance · 820
  • Production · 49
  • Other credits · 20

Studios: A&R Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Chateau Recorders · Minot Sound

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