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September 14, 2000
In Ella’s footsteps
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As a young girl in Memphis, Dee Dee Bridgewater used to sing along with her mother to Ella Fitzgerald records. Now, her reputation as one of the worlds leading jazz vocal stylists secure, shes recorded a tribute to the legendary singer.
Selections from that tribute, the double Grammy-winning Dear Ella (Verve), make up a large portion of the music Bridgewater will perform when she opens the 2000-2001 Penn Presents season Sept. 22.
A talented stage performer as well as singer, Bridgewater is a revered superstar in Europe, especially in her adopted homeland, France. Now shes returning to her native land to continue the female jazz and blues tradition that runs from Ella and Billie Holiday through Betty Carter to Bridgewater.
--S.S.
DEE
DEE BRIDGEWATER: Friday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre,
Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $35, $25 and $20; discounts
for students, seniors and Penn affiliates available. Info: visit www.pennpresents.org
or call 215-898-3900.
Originally published on September 14, 2000
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