Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Red Earth' is an album (subtitled 'A Malian Journey') released on April 17, 2007 by Universal.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Dear Ella' is a studio album (in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year)recorded between January 29 and February 19, 1997 and released on September 30, 1997 by Verve.

This day (May 27, 1950), in Memphis, Tennessee, is born Denise Eileen Garrett a.k.a Dee Dee Bridgewater, an American Jazz singer.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Dee Dee’s Feathers' is a collaborative album recorded with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and released on April 20th, 2015 by Masterworks / Okeh Records.

Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Richie Havens, Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kelis, Earth Wind, Fire, Parliament, Prince, Chic, A Tribe Called Quest, Al Green, Lyle Lovett

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Madeleine Peyroux, Judy Garland, Nina Simone, Laura Mvula, ABBA, Tina Turner, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, Pj Harvey, Sheryl Crow, Patti Smith

Buck Owens, Joe Cocker, Billy Joel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones , Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michael Hutchence, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paul Weller, Cassandra Wilson, The Small Faces, Faces, Rod Stewart, Heitor TP, Kenji Suzuki, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, The Fugees, Raffaella Carrà, Tony Ferrino, B.B. King

Vanessa Paradis & Lenny Kravitz, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Mike Hucknall, Ronald Isley & Burt Bacharach, Haley Reinhart & Tony Bennett, Oleta Adams & Tears For Fears, Little Steven and The Disciples Of Soul & Bruce Springsteen, Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller, George Harrison & Bob Dylan, Jewel & Beyonce, Rihanna & Britney Spears, Madonna & Stevie Wonder, Marc Anthony, Sheila E & Jennifer Lopez

Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Soul II Soul, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Patti LaBelle, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Minnie Riperton, Jackie Wilson, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye

Christian Scott, Quintet, Bob James, David Sanborn, George Benson, Southside Aces, Evan Christopher, Irvin Mayfield, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Camilo, Tomatito, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ben Sidran, Archie Shepp

Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins & Jerry Lee Lewis, Mina & Lucio Battisti, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Herbie Hancock, Lalah Hathaway & Snarky Puppy, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood, Joe Bonamassa & Brian Setzer, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen & Michael Stipe, Neil Young & Willie Nelson, Jerry Cantrell & Robert Trujillo, Iggy Pop & Josh Homme, Jack Bruce & Uli Jon Roth, Al Di Meola & Steve Vai

This day (March 13, 1962), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Terence Blanchard, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and film score composer.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk's 'Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle' is an album recorded on January 22, 1973 in New-York City and released the same year by Atlantic.

Stanley Clarke's 'Children of Forever' is his debut album produced by Chick Corea, recorded on December 26 & 27, 1972 with Chick Corea, Lenny White, Pat Martino, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more and released in June,1973 by Polydor.

This day (August 22, 2016), in Brussels, Belgium, died Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans a.k.a Toots Thielemans, a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century.

This day (June 15, 1996), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ella Fitzgerald, an American jazz and song vocalist, also known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella, who had a vocal range spanning three octaves and was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

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According to our statistics, your 12 favorite studio albums for 2020

are by Genesis, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Carly Simon, George Benson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Madonna, Abba, Pink Floyd, Prince, The Corrs, Antonio Carlos Jobim

Twelve excerpts are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

Tracklist

1 . Genesis - Mama Lifted from : Charisma Records publish 'Genesis,' their eponymous and twelfth album featuring 'Mama' and 'That's All' (1983)

2 . Brandy - The Boy Is Mine (w/ Monica) Lifted from : Atlantic Records publish Brandy's second album : 'Never Say Never' featuring 'The Boy Is Mine' with Monica (1998)

3 . Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough Lifted from : Toni Braxton releases 'The Heat' featuring 'He Wasn't Man Enough' and 'Spanish Guitar' (2000)

4 . Carly Simon- Mockingbird (w/ James

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Eighty six famous artists sing seventy songs lifted from sixty-one Broadway Shows. This is our special "Singing Broadway" in video

Track Listing :

1.Barbra Streisand / People (From "Funny Girl") - 05:01 . 2.Judy Garland / Get Happy (From "Summer Stock") - 02:41 . 3.Tony Bennett & Buddy Rich / Manhattan (From "The Garrick Gaieties") - 03:47 . 4.Sarah Brightman / Somewhere (From "West Side Story") - 02:32 . 5.Marisa Monte / Speak Low (From "One Touch Of Venus") - 02:49 . 6.Carly Simon / My Romance (From "Jumbo") - 02:56 . 7.Natalie Cole / Thou Swell (From "A Connecticut Yankee") - 02:38 . 8.Dean Martin & Judy Holliday / Just In Time (From "Bells Are Ringing") - 04:55 . 9.Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse / Body And Soul (From "Three'S A Crowd") - 03:22 . 10.Fred Astaire & Judy Garland/ Easter…

From 'How Am I To Know' to 'I Am A Nigerian', we have mixed 16 'Jazz With a Slice Of Rock' tunes around the theme of 'Identity'. It has Kai Winding, Sally Norvell, Barbara Lynn, Blossom Dearie and many more.

From 'Canteloupe Island' to 'Song Of The Islands' , we have mixed 15 'Mostly Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Islands'. It has Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter, Hugh Masekela, Al Di Meola, Keith Jarrett and many more.

From 'Beyond The Sea' to 'East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)' , we have mixed 21 'Languorous Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Sea, Sex, Sun and Summer'. It has Tony Williams, Alejandro De Pinedo, Ray Charles, Count Basie and many more.

From 'Soul Station' to 'Memphis Soul Stew' , we have mixed 18 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Hank Mobley's Soul Station'. "Next Stop : Soul Station" has Miles Davis, Bar-Kays, Les Brown, Jazz Crusaders and many more.

From 'Pirate Jenny' to 'Mack The Knife' , we have mixed 19 'Jazz & Opera' tunes around the theme of 'Kurt Weill'. It has Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Wayne Newton, Gil Evans and many more.

Recorded in July 2014 at "Jazz in Marciac Festival", "At Home" is an album by Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara.

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On the surface they have little in common, but look closer: Fonseca’s last album Yo digs deep into West African music, Diawara has been collaborating with powerful jazz-influenced musicians such as Mulatu Astatke and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

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It’s a gorgeous meld of Afro-Cuban jazz & soulful Malian blues that blends these two musical traditions synergistically. All tracks are fine!

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From 'Perdido' to 'You've Lost The Loving Feeling', we have mixed 18 'Jazz & Other Musics' tunes around the theme of 'Lost Translated'. It has Maria Teresa Vera, Manuel Vallejo, Jackie Mclean, Rabih Aboul-Kalil and many more.

This day (April 11, 1966), in Heywood, Lancashire, England, is born Lisa Stansfield an English singer.

Eric Dolphy's 'The Illinois Concert' is a live album recorded on March 10, 1963 with Herbie Hancock and released in 1999 by Blue Note.

Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say' is a studio album recorded between September 11, 1952 and February 18, 1959 and released in October 1959 by Atlantic.

Lisa Stansfield's 'Live in Manchester' is a live album (& DVD) recorded on September 7, 2014 at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and released on August 25, 2015 by earMUSIC

Aztec Camera's "High Land, Hard Rain" is their debut album produced by John Brand and Bernie Clarke and released in April 1983 by Rough Trade

From 'Deep in a dream' to 'Don't Let Me Lose This Dream' , we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Women's Psyche'. "(Wo)Mentalist" has Victoria Spivey, Nina Simone, Astrud Gilberto , Sarah Vaughan and many more.