Legendary vocalist brings her WE EXIST! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet project to the Barbican.

Over the course of a multifaceted career, Grammy and Tony Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, uniquely spinning standards and taking intrepid leaps of faith re-envisioning jazz classics. Fearless pioneer and keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammy-winner’s most recent win was for Best Jazz Vocal Album - Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee.

Bridging genres, her first professional experience was as a member of the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band. Throughout the 70’s, she performed with jazz notables Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gillespie, among others.

Bridgewater began self-producing with 1993’s release, Keeping Tradition (Polydor/Verve). In 2006, she created DDB Records under a Producer/Distribution agreement with Universal Music Group - releasing critically-acclaimed albums, including Dear Ella, a double Grammy-winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. She signed Theo Croker to DDB and released a project with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Dee Dee’s Feathers), with Sony/OKeh - all to critical acclaim.

Pursuing a parallel career in musical theatre, Bridgewater won a Tony Award for The Wiz. Other credits include Sophisticated Ladies, Black Ballad, Carmen, Cabaret and the Off-Broadway/West End productions of Lady Day, for which Bridgewater received an Olivier Award nomination.