[Cover photo credit to Evelyn Freja]
For the first time ever, 12 albums from Grammy and Tony Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater will be available on all streaming and digital platforms beginning this Friday, June 13, 2025. Released under license to Mack Avenue Records by DDB Records, this digital debut coincides with the release of Bridgewater’s collaborative new album with Grammy Award-winning pianist Bill Charlap, titled Elemental.
The 12 album collection includes Red Earth: A Malian Journey, Keeping Tradition, Live at Yoshi’s, In Montreux, Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver, Live in Paris, This is New, Victim of Love, Midnight Sun, Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love, Dear Ella, and J’ai Deux Amours. From live performances, to tributes, to studio recordings, these albums celebrate Bridgewater’s unique voice and contributions to the evolution of vocal Jazz.
For the new album Elemental, lead single “Honeysuckle Rose” is out now, and showcases the chemistry between Bridgwater’s vocals and Charlap’s piano lines.
Bridgewater says of that collaboration:
The two of us have discovered a kind of musical melding that is completely inexplicable to the untrained ear. We’ve become a gentle force of nature, and people are astounded when they encounter it.
Bridgewater and Charlap will be celebrating the album’s release with a show at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on June 14 before Bridgewater heads out on her We Exist! Tour across Europe. This also includes a duo performance at the Charlie Parker Festival in New York City on August 24.
Dee Dee Bridgewater US Tour Dates:
June 12 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place *
June 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl * – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
August 24 – New York, NY – Charlie Parker Festival *
* = duo performances with Bill Charlap
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s We Exist! Tour:
July 1 – Vienne, France – Jazz à Vienne
July 3 – Toulouse, France – Toulouse Festival
July 4 – Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain – Tenerife Auditorium
July 5 – Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain – Jameos del Agua Auditorium
July 6 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain – Pérez Galdós Theatre
July 8 – Oestrich-Winkel, Germany – Seebühne Schloss Vollrads
July 9 – Vannes, France – Vannes Echos Jazz
July 11 – Merano, Italy – KIMM + Master Class
July 12 – Marseille, France – Marseille Jazz Des Cinq Continents
July 16 – Weimar, Germany – Schallkultur Festival
July 19 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Kurpark Wiesbaden
July 20 – Freiburg, Germany – Zelt Musik Festival
July 23 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Midsummer Vilnius Fest
July 25 – San Sebastian, Spain – San Sebastien
July 26 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau de la Musica Catalana
July 27 – Gdynia, Poland – Ladies Festival
July 29 – Fano, Italy – Jazz by the Sea
