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TO BILLIE WITH LOVE: A CELEBRATION OF LADY DAY

Jan13
8:00 PM
Dee Dee Bridgewater / Russell Malone Trio 
Friday January 13, 2012
This concert highlights the winner of the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee, illustrious jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater’s joyful tribute to Billie Holiday. “This album is my way of paying my respect to a vocalist who made it possible for singers like me to carve out a career for ourselves,” says Bridgewater, who performed the role of Holiday in the triumphant theatrical production Lady Day. Versatile guitarist Russell Malone opens the program with intimate works for trio.

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