The Perth International Jazz Festival is proud to present jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater - live at the Astor Theatre.
Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-winning Jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards.
A multi-hyphenate polymath and fearless voyager, the three-time Grammy-winner most recently won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee.
A member of the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band, she performed with jazz notables Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gillespie, among others.
Joining her is acclaimed pianist Helen Sung - Guggenheim Fellow, former Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance fellow, and collaborator with icons including Wayne Shorter and Wynton Marsalis.