| Victim of Love | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Marcadet Studios, Paris PUK Studio, Denmark Studio Dames, Paris Nidaros Trondheim Studio, Norway | |||
| Genre | Pop, contemporary R&B | |||
| Length | 34:11 | |||
| Label | Polydor 841 199-1 | |||
| Producer | Jean-Pierre Grosz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [3] |
Victim of Love is a 1989 studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heartache Caravan" | Dee Dee Bridgewater Arr: Kjetil Bjerkestrand | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Till the Next Somewhere" (featuring Ray Charles) | Ronnie Bird, Pierre Papadiamandis Arr: Kjetil Bjerkestrand | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Wall of Love" | Dee Dee Bridgewater, Pierre Papadiamandis. Arr: Kjetil Bjerkestrand | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Love Takes Chances" | Dee Dee Bridgewater | 4:28 |
| 5. | "I Go My Way" | 3:25 | |
| 6. | "Mr. Guitar Man" | Dee Dee Bridgewater. Arr: Kjetil Bjerkestrand | 4:51 |
| 7. | "Can't We Try Love Again" | Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michel Legrand. | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Sunset and Blue" | Michel Legrand | 4:03 |
| Total length: | 34:11 | ||
Band
Kjetil Bjerkestrand, keyboards, programming and arranger.
Production
Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Dear Ella is a 1997 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year.
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Keeping Tradition is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The album was recorded in Paris and released in 1993 via Verve Records label. The album was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. Keeping Tradition opens a series of her critically acclaimed titles, of which all but one, including her wildly successful double Grammy Award-winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella, have received Grammy nominations.
In Montreux is a live album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The album was digitally recorded on July 18, 1990, at the Casino de Montreux during the Montreux Jazz Festival and released via Polydor Records.
Live in Paris is a 1987 live album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The concert was recorded on 24–25 November, 1986 at the jazz club New Morning in Paris. She is accompanied by her piano trio of the time. The repertoire reaches from jazz standards including Miles Davis' "All Blues" and the up-tempo "Cherokee" mostly associated with Charlie Parker, and sung by Sarah Vaughan, a "Blues Medley" to Aretha Franklin's Dr. Feelgood. She seemed leave her disco-funk efforts in America behind. Her following album Victim of Love would be another, before she left pop productions for good.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. Originally released in 1980 by Elektra label, this is her second self-titled album. Two singles were released off the album: "One in a Million (Guy)" and "When Love Comes Knockin'. The album was re-released on CD in 2006.
Bad for Me is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, released in 1979 on Elektra Records. The album reached at No. 29 on the Cashbox Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
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Dee Dee's Feathers is a 2015 studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater recorded together with trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the eighteen-piece New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. The album was released on 14 August 2015 via OKeh and Masterworks labels.
Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers is a 1998 album by double bassist Ray Brown, accompanied by his trio, pianist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Gregory Hutchinson, with singers Diana Krall, Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nancy King, Marlena Shaw, and Kevin Mahogany. Guitarist Russell Malone and saxophonists Antonio Hart and Ralph Moore also played.
Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Duke Ellington. The album was released on October 8, 1996 by Philips Records label. The album title was borrowed from the Ellington's tune. The release contais 12 tracks, which include the pop sounds of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
