Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap in Glassboro

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American jazz singer and actress, born in Memphis in 1950. Her recordings include Dear Ella, the Billie Holiday tribute Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee, and Red Earth, made with musicians from Mali. She also won a Tony Award for playing Glinda in the original Broadway production of The Wiz. In the early 1970s, Dee Dee Bridgewater sang with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra during its Village Vanguard residency. She recorded performances at New Morning in Paris in 1986 for Live in Paris, and her 1990 appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was also issued as a concert album. A 2000 engagement in Oakland was released as Live at Yoshi’s.

Bill Charlap is an American jazz pianist and educator, born in New York City in 1966. Known for his interpretations of standards, he leads a trio featuring bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. His recordings include All Through the Night, Written in the Stars and Stardust; his Tony Bennett collaboration The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Early in his career, Bill Charlap played with Gerry Mulligan, then joined the Phil Woods Quintet in 1995. His subsequent trio work is captured on Live at the Village Vanguard, and he also served as artistic director of New York’s Jazz in July series.