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First and foremost a groundbreaker, perhaps the most versatile and inspiring artist and producer of her generation, Dee Dee Bridgewater’s RED EARTH - A Malian Journey melds Malian voices, music and traditional instruments with American Jazz vernacular.  In doing so she has crafted one of her most important musical statements to date. 

The title of the album RED EARTH - A Malian Journey was serendipitous.  On the morning of her first day in Mali, Bridgewater was overwhelmed at the view from her hotel room - red earth stretching out before her with the Niger river coursing in the distance.  It reminded her of the stories her mother told her of her childhood love of rolling in the red earth of Memphis.  Dee Dee pensively offers, “doing this project I feel that I’ve found something incredible – my African roots and my home, Mali.”  More...

Dee Dee Bridgewater captured the hearts of audiences worldwide in The Wiz with her signature song, "If You Believe." According to Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson, Dee Dee’s rendition "personified a generation and gave us all hope."

Few other entertainers have been awarded so many of the world's top recognitions:

• Broadway’s coveted Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Musical for The Wiz
• England's Laurence Oliver Award, Best Actress in a Musical for Lady Day (nominee)
• Two Grammy® Awards, 1998’s Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal for "Cottontail," with arranger Slide Hampton, and "Dear Ella"
• France’s top honor Victoire de la Musique, Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1998