Pianist

Bringing new life to American Songbook classics
With a telepathic on-stage rapport and playful exuberance, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap bring new life to American Songbook classics and jazz standards. Bridgewater’s bold, story-driven vocals dance around Charlap’s harmonically rich, deeply rooted piano, fusing spontaneous charm, warmth, and technical mastery. Touring behind their new duo album, Elemental, this is a musical alliance distilled to pure voice and piano as it strikes a balance between jazz intimacy and theatrical storytelling. The album, described by Paris Move as “a masterclass in minimalist grandeur,” includes tracks like “Mood Indigo,” “Here’s That Rainy Day,” and the lead single, “Honeysuckle Rose.” 

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Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

GRAMMY-winning pianist Bill Charlap is a champion of classic jazz and the American Songbook. He has performed and recorded with many of the greats, from Wynton Marsalis to singers Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand. Since 1997, he has led the Bill Charlap Trio. Performing with Bill Charlap in Skaneateles will be bassist David Wong and drummer Dennis Mackrel.  Hear how “Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved….” (TIME Magazine)

Bill Charlap Trio

Anyela’s Vineyards

Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics. Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammy-winner recently won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for “Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee.”

Hoyt Sherman Place

GRAMMY-winning pianist Bill Charlap has established himself among the most respected keyboardists in jazz and leads one of the longest lived and telepathic piano trios working today, featuring bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. They will be joined by a pair of special guests: vocalist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, and trumpet icon Nicholas Payton.  

SFJAZZ Center

Grammy Award-winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time, from Tony Bennett, Phil Woods, and Benny Carter to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is acclaimed for his interpretations of the American popular songbook and has recorded albums featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Duke Ellington.

Dakota

At age 23, Samara Joy is already a phenom. Winner of two Grammy Awards and the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she’s performed with such legends as Christian McBride and Bill Charlap. She possesses a voice that is rich and velvety, yet precociously refined: “The close precision and frothy power of her voice stand out immediately … so does the depth of her comfort within the jazz tradition,” attests The New York Times. With ease and a preternatural assurance,  Joy swings through understated yet powerful renditions of jazz standards.

Samara Joy

Lafayette College

RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums, and has a Guinness world record to prove it!

Pianist

Bill Charlap

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Jan 22, 2026

Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap ·

Aug 23, 2025

Bill Charlap Trio · Skaneateles Festival

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