MADISON JAZZ FESTIVAL: We Exist! Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet

MADISON JAZZ FESTIVAL:  WE EXIST!  DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER QUARTET.  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, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics.

A multi-hyphenate polymath and fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and keeper of tradition, the three-time GRAMMY-winner most recently won a GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. Bridgewater’s career has always bridged musical genres.  UW Memorial Union Terrace, 800 Langdon St.  7pm.  Free event.