U-Dee Dee Bridgewater ungumculi we-jazz waseMelika owaziwayo. U-Dee Dee waphoqeleka ukuba afune ukuqashelwa nokugcwaliseka kude nezwe lakubo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-30, weza ukunqoba Paris, futhi wakwazi ukuqaphela izinhlelo zakhe eFrance.
Umdwebi wayegcwele isiko lesiFulentshi. I-Paris ngokuqinisekile yayiyi "ubuso" bomculi. Lapha waqala ukuphila kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngemuva kokuthi u-Dee Dee ethole ukuqashelwa futhi wadala iqembu lakhe, wathuthela eMelika.
I-Dee Dee Bridgewater yenza iMelika ingagcini ngokuzamukela futhi izibone yona, kodwa futhi igubhe ithalente layo ngemiklomelo yomculo ephakeme kakhulu. Isiphetho sikaDee Dee asikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi kulula, kodwa njengoba bethi: "Kunzima ukufunda - kulula ukulwa."
Umculi we-jazz ungomunye wabaculi abahamba phambili bekhulu leminyaka eledlule. UDee Dee ungumnikazi wezithombe ezimbili zeGrammy Award (1998, 2011) kanye neTony Award (1975). Ingabe lokhu akusona isiqinisekiso sokuthi sinesigaxa sangempela phambi kwethu?
Ubuntwana nobusha uDee Dee Bridgewater
U-Dee Dee Bridgewater wazalwa ngoMeyi 27, 1950 eMemphis. Le ntombazane yachitha ubuntwana bayo eFlint, eMichigan. Ubuntwana bukaDee Dee babuxhunywe nomculo.
Umama wakhe wayethanda umsebenzi ka-Ella Fitzgerald. Indlu yayivame ukuzwakala izingoma zomculi odumile.
U-Dee Dee Bridgewater ukhule elalela izwi lika-Ella. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uyise wentombazane wadlala icilongo ngokomsebenzi, okwaba nesandla ekwakhiweni kokunambitheka komculo.
UPapa Dee Dee wayengeyena nje umdlali wecilongo wekilasi lokuqala, kodwa futhi wayenguthisha abafundi bakhe ababehlanganisa uCharles Lloyd noGeorge Coleman.
Njengazo zonke izingane, intombazane yafunda esikoleni esiphakeme. Wayengumfundi onekhono. Kakade esikoleni, u-Dee Dee wathola ukusetshenziswa kwamakhono omculo - wahlela iqembu lakhe lapho ecula khona izingoma eziyedwa.
Kodwa-ke, u-Dee Dee uthole isipiliyoni esibucayi sokuba esiteji ngenxa yokubamba iqhaza kwakhe ensemble lapho uyise esebenza khona. Ekupheleni kuka-1960, le ntombazane yahamba lonke elaseMichigan neqembu. Nalapho wayesengumculi.
Ngemva kokuthola isitifiketi, uDee Dee wangena enyuvesi. Nokho, kulesi sigaba sokuphila, umculo wawudlala indima enkulu. Ngokushesha intombazane yaqala ukucula e-university band enkulu, futhi ngo-1969, kanye nabanye abafundi, wavakashela eSoviet Union.
Ngo-1970, umculi we-jazz wahlangana noCecil Bridgewater. Kwakungaphezu nje komhlangano. Ngokushesha le nsizwa yacela umshado kuDee Dee. Abantu abasha bashada futhi bathuthela eNew York.
Eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kwalesi senzakalo esibalulekile, u-Dee Dee wahlola futhi waba yingxenye ye-ensemble eholwa nguThad Jones noMel Lewis.
Ngemuva kwalo mcimbi, singakhuluma ngokubunjwa kukaDee Dee njengomculi okhokhelwayo. Wabe eseqopha izingoma ezinezinkanyezi ezinjengoSonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon.
Indlela yokudala ka-Dee Dee Bridgewater
Maphakathi nawo-1970, u-Dee Dee waphonswa emculweni we-Broadway i-The Wiz. Umculi we-jazz ubeyingxenye yomculo kwaze kwaba ngu-1976.
Izwi eliqinile lomculi, ukuthakazelisa kwakhe nokubukeka kwakhe okuthakazelisayo akuzange kushiye ababukeli abavamile abangenandaba kuphela, kodwa futhi nabameleli abanethonya bebhizinisi lombukiso.
Ngeqhaza likaGlinda Bridgewater, uDee Dee uthole indondo yokuqala yeTony Award. Lo mculi we-jazz uklonyeliswe ngokudlala kwakhe ingoma ethi If You Believe.
Omunye umgxeki ubeke amazwana, "'Uma Ukholwa' ingoma ekhuthaza ithemba futhi ekwenza uphile ngokoqobo...".
Phakathi nalesi sikhathi esifanayo, u-Dee Dee Bridgewater waqala ukuzizama njengomdlali we-solo. Ngo-1974, lo mculi wenza i-debut yakhe ngelebula elincane elihlanganiswe ne-Afro Blue.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, uDee Dee Bridgewater wakhipha inhlanganisela eqondiswe ngqo e-Atlantic. Ngaphandle kwezwi eliqinile, awekho amalebula afuna ukuthatha abakhiqizi be-Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, kunzima kumculi ukukhetha i-repertoire. Bambalwa abakholelwa ekukhokheni kwephrojekthi. U-Dee Dee wayezifunela yena kanye nesitayela sakhe ngasinye sokusebenza.
Uma ulalela ukuhlanganiswa kokuqala kwe-Bridgewater, ungakuzwa kahle ukusebenza kwe-pop. Amazwi alo mculi ayehlukaniswa ngobubanzi obuhlukahlukene nokukhuluma ngokomzwelo.
Amaqoqo okuqala "aluhlaza" futhi "angalingani". Kube khona "ukugxuma" kusuka ekuqanjweni kuya ekuqanjweni. Lokhu kuvimbele amaqoqo ukuthi angahlanganisi futhi abe awangempela. U-Dee Dee ubelokhu efuna isitayela "sakhe" sokusebenza isikhathi eside. Kodwa ngokushesha wakwazi ukuba inganekwane.
Ukuthuthela eFrance
Iciko lithole izimemo ezivela kumatiyetha ahlonishwayo e-Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris naseLondon. Kwaphela isikhathi eside, uDee Dee wayeka ithuba lokusebenza ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi eyinhloko, ngoba wayethemba ukuzibona e-United States of America.
Ngemva kokuba umculi we-jazz eqaphele inkampani ye-Elektra, umsebenzi wakhe wokucula waqala ukuthuthuka. Ngokushesha uDee Dee ukhiphe ama-albhamu amabili.
Sikhuluma ngenhlanganisela ethi Just Family (1977) nethi Bad for Me (1979). Naphezu kwempumelelo ethile, u-Dee Dee Bridgewater wayengeyena inkanyezi yomhlaba wonke yabathandi bomculo baseMelika nabagxeki bomculo.
Yingakho ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 umculi wanquma ukuthuthela eFrance. UDee Dee wayezimisele. Iminyaka eminingana, umculi waya kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemikhosi ye-jazz, futhi wadala umbukiso wethelevishini noCharles Aznavour.
Kamuva, u-Dee Dee udale i-jazz ensemble yomuntu siqu eyayihambisana nomculi ngesikhathi sokuvakasha nokuqopha izingoma zomculo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kwakuseFrance lapho umculi ekwazile ukubona omunye wemibono enesibindi futhi engavamile - kanye noStephen Stahl, u-Dee Dee walungisa umdlalo othi "Lady Day" (mayelana nomculi we-jazz onebala elimnyama uBillie Holiday).
Ngo-1987, uDee Dee waletha umdlalo eLondon. Umculi we-jazz usidlulisele kahle isithombe sikaBillie Holiday. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi izibalo zaseshashalazini zaseGreat Britain ziqoke uDee Dee ngendondo kaLaurence Olivier.
Futhi-ke iBridgewater yayingasekho. Wayelokhu ejabulisa abalandeli bakhe ngokudlala ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi nezingoma zomculo ezintsha. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-10 yokuthula, u-Dee Dee wavela "emthunzini" futhi waqala ukubuyela kancane kancane ezweni lakubo.
Ikhefu leminyaka engu-10...
Kule minyaka eyi-10 yekhefu, umculi cishe akazange abheke ku-studio yokuqopha. U-Dee Dee unikeze abalandeli i-albhamu eyodwa kuphela ebukhoma, i-Live in Paris, eyakhishwa ngo-1987.
Ngenxa yeqoqo, umculi we-jazz uthole indondo evela ku-French Jazz Academy.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, u-Dee Dee wakhipha enye i-albhamu ebukhoma, e-Montreux, neyaduma kakhulu. Uqinisekise isithunzi salo mculi.
Ukukhishwa kokuqala kwe-Bridgewater eMelika kusukela ngo-1979, i-Keeping Tradition, yaphinde yakhishwa ngo-1992. Iqoqo liqokelwe Indondo Ye-Grammy.
Kubonakala sengathi lokhu kuyikona kanye ukuqashelwa okwakufunwa ngu-Dee Dee Bridgewater. Kodwa ngaphambi kokusuka kwangempela, kusafanele ulinde kancane. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, umculi we-jazz wayegeza ngemisebe yenkazimulo.
Maphakathi nawo-1990, umculi wethula i-albhamu yesitudiyo, ayinikezela enkumbulweni kaHorace Silver odumile. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi Uthando Nokuthula. Abagxeki baseMelika babiza lo msebenzi ngobuciko.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwerekhodi, u-Dee Dee wabuyela e-United States futhi wahlela uhambo oluhle kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-French Jazz Academy yaklomelisa umculi umklomelo okhethekile oqanjwe ngoBillie Holiday ngephimbo elingcono kakhulu le-jazz.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, u-Dee Dee wajabulisa abathandi bomculo ngezinto ezintsha zomculo ezenza izinhliziyo zabo zishaye ngokushesha.
U-Bridgewater ngokwakhe ukhiqize futhi waqopha inhlanganisela ekhumbula i-jazz diva edumile, isithixo sempilo yakhe, u-Ella Fitzgerald Dear Ella. I-albhamu edabukisayo nethinta inhliziyo ayikwazanga ukushiywa ngaphandle kokunakwa.
Iqoqo laklonyeliswa ngemiklomelo eminingi efanele ye-Grammy. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqoqo elithi Dear Ella lihlonishwe njenge-albhamu ye-jazz ehamba phambili yesikhathi sethu ngokwethula umculi indondo ye-Victories de la Music.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo nge-Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Umculi we-jazz ubheka izwe lakubo i-United States of America.
- I-"Amazing Lady" ingamazwana ka-Dee Dee avame kakhulu ku-Instagram.
- “Izingoma zomculo zingenza ngidanse ngenjabulo futhi ngikhale ngomzwelo,” kuvuma lo mculi.
- Ngomsebenzi wakhe, umculi we-jazz ugqugquzele i-Jazz quintet yaseRussia iYankiss Band ukuthi yenze ikhonsathi yokuhlonipha enikezelwe kumculi odumile.
- U-Dee Dee usebenze ohlelweni lwethelevishini noCharles Aznavour.
- EnoRay Charles, lo mculi ukhiphe iculo elafika phezulu kumashadi e-jazz.
- U-Dee Dee Bridgewater uyavuma ukuthi ubuthakathaka bakhe buyi-dessert emnandi kanye namakha amahle.
- Ukuze azijwayeze kahle indima, uDee Dee ufunda umlando womuntu okufanele amdlale esiteji.
- Umculi we-jazz akakwazi ukukucabanga ukusa kwakhe ngaphandle kwekhofi elinephunga elimnandi nenkomishi yamanzi.
- Umculi wenza esiteji esifanayo noClark Terry, uJames Moody, uJimmy McGriff.
Dee Dee Bridgewater namuhla
Namuhla, igama elithi Dee Dee Bridgewater alihlotshaniswa kuphela nomlingisi nomculi we-jazz. Owesifazane unesikhundla esisebenzayo somphakathi.
Ngo-1999, wakhethwa njengeNxusa leNhlangano Yezizwe Zokudla Nezolimo. Lokhu kwavumela u-Dee Dee ukuthi avakashele inqwaba yamazwe emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngo-2002, u-Dee Dee Bridgewater wanikezela iqoqo ku-Kurt Weill. Le Is New ihlelwe ngumyeni walo mculi uCecil Bridgewater. Ingoma yomculo i-Bilbao Song idinga ukunakwa kakhulu.
Ngo-2005, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ethi J'ai Deux Amours, ehlanganisa izingoma ezidumile zesiFulentshi. Lo mculi we-jazz ukhiphe le albhamu ikakhulukazi ehlonipha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa.
Kuyo ungezwa izingoma zikaCharles Trenet, uJacques Brel, uLeo Ferret nabanye abaqambi abadumile baseFrance.
Ngo-2010, i-discography yomculi yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ethi Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): Ku-Billie ngo-Love evela ku-Dee Dee Bridgewater. Iqoqo linikezelwe kuBillie Holiday. Ngemva konyaka, umculi we-jazz wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Midnight Sun.
Naphezu kweminyaka yakhe, u-Dee Dee Bridgewater uyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuvakasha. Isibonelo, ngo-2020 umculi we-jazz uzovakashela eRussia. Ukusebenza okulandelayo kuzokwenzeka ekwindla.
