Dee Dee Bridgewater fitaccen mawakin jazz ne na Amurka. An tilasta Dee Dee neman karramawa da biyan bukata daga kasarta. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 30, ta zo don cin nasara a Paris, kuma ta gudanar da shirinta a Faransa.
Mai zane ya cika da al'adun Faransanci. Paris ta kasance "fuskar" mawaƙin. Anan ta fara rayuwa tun daga farko. Bayan Dee Dee ta sami karɓuwa kuma ta ƙirƙiri tarin nata, ta koma Amurka.
Dee Dee Bridgewater ya sanya Amurka ba kawai ta yarda da gane kanta ba, har ma ta yi farin ciki da basirarta tare da mafi girman lambobin yabo na kiɗa. Ba za a iya kiran ƙaddarar Dee Dee da sauƙi ba, amma kamar yadda suke cewa: "Yana da wuya a koya - yana da sauƙin fada."
Mawaƙin jazz yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun mawaƙa na ƙarni na ƙarshe. Dee Dee shine mamallakin mutum-mutumi guda biyu na Kyautar Grammy (1998, 2011) da lambar yabo ta Tony (1975). Shin wannan ba tabbaci ba ne cewa muna da haƙiƙanin ƙulli a gabanmu?
Yara da matasa Dee Dee Bridgewater
An haifi Dee Dee Bridgewater a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1950 a Memphis. Yarinyar ta yi kuruciyarta a Flint, Michigan. Yarintar Dee Dee yana da alaƙa da kiɗa.
Mahaifiyarta ta ƙaunaci aikin Ella Fitzgerald. Gidan sau da yawa yakan yi sautin ƙagaggun fitaccen ɗan wasan kwaikwayo.
Dee Dee Bridgewater ya girma yana sauraron muryar Ella. Abin sha'awa shine, mahaifin yarinyar ya buga ƙaho da fasaha, wanda kawai ya ba da gudummawa ga samuwar dandano na kiɗa.
Papa Dee Dee ba kawai mai buga ƙaho ne kawai ba, amma kuma malami ne wanda ɗalibansa suka haɗa da Charles Lloyd da George Coleman.
Kamar duk yara, yarinyar ta halarci makarantar sakandare. Ta kasance ƙwararriyar ɗalibi. Tuni a makaranta, Dee Dee ya sami amfani da fasaha na kiɗa - ta shirya nata rukuni inda ta rera waƙoƙin solo.
Duk da haka, Dee Dee ya sami kwarewa mai mahimmanci na kasancewa a kan mataki saboda godiya ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki. A ƙarshen 1960, yarinyar ta yi tafiya a cikin Michigan tare da gungu. Ko a lokacin ta kasance a matsayin mawaki.
Bayan ya karbi satifiket din Dee Dee ya shiga jami'a. Duk da haka, a wannan mataki na rayuwa, kiɗa ya shagaltar da muhimmiyar rawa. Ba da da ewa ta fara raira waƙa a cikin jami'a babban band, da kuma a 1969, tare da sauran dalibai, ta tafi yawon shakatawa a Tarayyar Soviet.
A cikin 1970, mawaƙin jazz ya sadu da Cecil Bridgewater. Ya wuce taro kawai. Ba da daɗewa ba saurayin ya nemi Dee Dee. Matasan sun yi aure kuma suka ƙaura zuwa New York.
Bayan 'yan shekaru bayan wannan muhimmin taron, Dee Dee ya duba ya kuma zama wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar da Thad Jones da Mel Lewis suka jagoranta.
Bayan wannan taron, za mu iya magana game da samuwar Dee Dee a matsayin ƙwararren mawaki. Sa'an nan kuma ta rubuta abubuwan da suka faru tare da taurari kamar Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon.
Hanyar kirkira ta Dee Dee Bridgewater
A tsakiyar shekarun 1970, an jefa Dee Dee a cikin mawaƙin Broadway The Wiz. Mawakin jazz ya kasance wani ɓangare na kiɗan har zuwa 1976.
Muryar mai karfi na mawaƙa, kwarjininta da kyan gani ba su bar sha'awar ba kawai masu kallo na yau da kullun ba, amma har ma wakilai masu tasiri na kasuwanci.
Don rawar Glinda Bridgewater, Dee Dee ya sami lambar yabo ta Tony Award na farko. An ba wa mawakiyar jazz lambar yabo ne saboda rawar da ta yi na kidan idan kun yi imani.
Wani mai suka yayi sharhi, "'Idan Ka Gaskanta' waƙa ce da ke ƙarfafa bege kuma a zahiri ta sa ka rayu...".
A cikin wannan lokacin, Dee Dee Bridgewater ya fara gwada kansa a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. A shekara ta 1974, mawaƙin ya fara halarta a karon a kan ƙaramin lakabi tare da tarin Afro Blue.
Bayan 'yan shekaru, Dee Dee Bridgewater ya fitar da wani tari na musamman don Atlantic. Duk da murya mai ƙarfi, babu ɗaya daga cikin alamun da ya so ya ɗauka akan masu samar da Dee Dee Bridgewater.
A cewar ƙwararru, yana da wuya mawaƙi ya zaɓi repertoire. Kadan sun yi imani da biyan bashin aikin. Dee Dee ta kasance tana neman kanta da irin salon wasanta.
Idan kun saurari tarin Bridgewater na farko, zaku iya jin wasan kwaikwayo a fili. An bambanta muryoyin mawaƙin ta hanyar faɗaɗa faɗaɗa da magana mai daɗi.
Tarin farko sun kasance "danye" da "rashin daidaituwa". Akwai "tsalle" daga abun da ke ciki zuwa abun da ke ciki. Wannan ya hana tarin daga zama mai mahimmanci da asali. Dee Dee ya dade yana neman salon wasan kwaikwayon "ta". Amma ba da daɗewa ba ta sami damar zama almara.
Motsawa zuwa Faransa
Mawaƙin ya sami gayyata daga manyan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris da London. Na dogon lokaci, Dee Dee ta dakatar da damar yin aiki a manyan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo, saboda tana fatan ta gane kanta a Amurka.
Bayan da jazz singer zo da hankali ga kamfanin Elektra, ta raira waƙa aiki ya fara ci gaba. Ba da daɗewa ba Dee Dee ya fitar da albam guda biyu.
Muna magana ne game da tarin Just Family (1977) da Bad for Me (1979). Duk da wasu nasarorin da aka samu, Dee Dee Bridgewater ba tauraruwar duniya ba ce ga masoya kiɗan Amurka da masu sukar kiɗan.
Abin da ya sa a ƙarshen shekarun 1980 mawaƙin ya yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa Faransa. Dee Dee ya tabbata. Domin shekaru da yawa da singer tafiya zuwa kowane irin jazz bukukuwa, da kuma haifar da wani talabijin show tare da Charles Aznavour.
Ba da daɗewa ba, Dee Dee ya ƙirƙiri gungu na jazz na sirri wanda ke tare da mawaƙin yayin balaguro da rikodin abubuwan kida.
Abin sha'awa shine, a cikin Faransanci ne mawaƙin ya sami damar fahimtar ɗayan mafi ban tsoro da ra'ayoyi masu ban mamaki - tare da Stephen Stahl, Dee Dee ya shirya wasan kwaikwayon Lady Day (game da mawaƙin jazz mai launin fata Billie Holiday).
A cikin 1987, Dee Dee ya kawo wasan kwaikwayon zuwa London. Mawakin jazz ya isar da hoton Billie Holiday daidai. Abin sha'awa shine, ƴan wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya sun zaɓi Dee Dee don lambar yabo ta Laurence Olivier.
Sannan Bridgewater ya tafi. Ta rage jin daɗin magoya bayanta game da yin wasan kwaikwayo da sabbin kayan kida. Bayan shekaru 10 na shiru, Dee Dee ta fito daga "inuwa" kuma ta fara komawa ƙasarta a hankali.
Hutun shekaru 10...
A cikin waɗannan shekaru 10 na hutu, mawaƙin a zahiri bai kalli ɗakin rikodin ba. Dee Dee ya ba magoya baya kundi guda ɗaya kawai, Live in Paris, wanda aka saki a cikin 1987.
Godiya ga tarin, dan wasan jazz ya sami lambar yabo daga Kwalejin Jazz ta Faransa.
A farkon shekarun 1990, Dee Dee ya sake fitar da wani kundi mai rai, A cikin Montreux, wanda ya sami yabo sosai. Ya tabbatar da sunan mawakin.
An sake fitar da Bridgewater na farko na Amurka tun 1979, Tsayawa Al'ada, a cikin 1992. An zabi tarin don lambar yabo ta Grammy.
Da alama wannan shine ainihin yarda da Dee Dee Bridgewater yake so. Amma kafin tashin gaske, har yanzu kuna da ɗan jira kaɗan. Ana cikin haka, mawakin jazz ya yi wanka da hasken daukaka.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, mawaƙin ya gabatar da kundi na studio, wanda ta keɓe don tunawa da sanannen Horace Silver. Muna magana ne game da tarin Ƙauna da Aminci. Masu sukar Amurkawa sun kira wannan aikin a matsayin ƙwararru.
Bayan fitar da rikodin, Dee Dee ya koma Amurka kuma ya shirya kyakkyawan yawon shakatawa. A daidai wannan lokaci ne Cibiyar Jazz ta Faransa ta ba wa mawakiyar lambar yabo ta musamman mai suna Billie Holiday a matsayin mafi kyawun muryar jazz.
Bayan ƴan shekaru, Dee Dee ya burge masoya kiɗan da sabbin kayan kida waɗanda suka sa zukatansu su buga da sauri.
Bridgewater da kanta ta samar kuma ta rubuta tarin don tunawa da shahararren jazz diva, tsafi na rayuwarta, Ella Fitzgerald Dear Ella. Kundi mai raɗaɗi da raɗaɗi kawai ba za a iya barin shi ba tare da kulawa ba.
An ba da tarin kyaututtukan Grammy da dama da suka cancanta. Bugu da kari, an gane littafin Dear Ella a matsayin mafi kyawun kundi na jazz na zamaninmu ta hanyar gabatar da mai yin wasan kwaikwayo tare da lambar yabo ta Nasara de la Music.
Abubuwa masu ban sha'awa game da Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Mawaƙin jazz na ɗaukar ƙasarsu ta Amurka.
- "Amazing Lady" shine mafi yawan sharhin Dee Dee a Instagram.
- “Kaɗe-kaɗe na kaɗe-kaɗe suna sa ni rawa da farin ciki da kuka da motsin rai,” mawaƙin ya ce.
- Tare da aikinta, mawaƙin jazz ya zaburar da ƙungiyar jazz quintet Yankiss Band na Rasha don yin wani taron karramawa da aka sadaukar ga shahararriyar mawakiyar.
- Dee Dee ya yi aiki a wani wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin tare da Charles Aznavour.
- Tare da Ray Charles, mawaƙin ya fito da waƙar da ta buga saman jazz Charts.
- Dee Dee Bridgewater ya yarda cewa rauninta kayan zaki ne mai daɗi da ƙamshi mai kyau.
- Domin ta saba da wannan rawar da kyau, Dee Dee ya nazarci tarihin mutumin da ya kamata ta taka a mataki.
- Mawaƙin jazz ba zai iya tunanin safiyarta ba tare da kofi mai ƙamshi da kopin ruwa ba.
- Mawakin ya yi a kan mataki guda tare da Clark Terry, James Moody, Jimmy McGriff.
Dee Dee Bridgewater yau
A yau, sunan Dee Dee Bridgewater yana da alaƙa ba kawai tare da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da mawaƙin jazz ba. Matar tana da matsayi na farar hula.
A cikin 1999, an zabe ta a matsayin Jakadiyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Abinci da Noma. Wannan ya ba Dee Dee damar ziyartar ƙasashe da dama a duniya.
A cikin 2002, Dee Dee Bridgewater ya sadaukar da tarin ga Kurt Weill. Wannan Sabon Sabo ne mijin mawakin Cecil Bridgewater ya shirya. Abun kida na Bilbao Song ya cancanci kulawa sosai.
A shekara ta 2005, an sake cika faifan mawaƙa tare da kundi na J'ai Deux Amours, wanda ya haɗa da shahararrun abubuwan ƙirƙira na Faransa. Mawakiyar jazz ta fitar da wannan albam musamman domin murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwarta.
A ciki za ku iya jin abubuwan da Charles Trenet, Jacques Brel, Leo Ferret, da sauran shahararrun mawakan Faransa suka yi.
A cikin 2010, an sake cika hoton mawaƙin tare da kundi Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love daga Dee Dee Bridgewater. An sadaukar da tarin ga Billie Holiday. Bayan shekara guda, mawaƙin jazz ya fitar da kundi na Midnight Sun.
Duk da shekarunsa, Dee Dee Bridgewater ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai himma wajen yawon shakatawa. Misali, a cikin 2020 mawaƙin jazz zai ziyarci Rasha. Ayyukan na gaba zai faru a cikin fall.
