Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals Kennedy, vocals Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt Angelo Valori, conductor

This year's Focus Jazz artist, Dee Dee Bridgewater, is one of the greatest entertainers on the international jazz scene, with her powerful voice and abundant performing talent. She inherited her passion for music, dance, and acting from her mother and grandmother, and so it is important to her to make music with up-and-coming jazz talents and pass on her experience. For example, in the mentoring program "The Woodshed Network" she founded, she onc...