VIDEO: Dee Dee Bridgewater Records 'House of the Rising Sun' for New Album

DEE DEE'S FEATHERS, a journey through the history of New Orleans as told through song and the collaboration of Tony winner Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), is set for release August 11th, 2015, via OKeh/Sony Music/DDB Records. Click below to watch THE WIZ original cast member record the folk song "House of the Rising Sun" for the new album, plus, pre-order the album on iTunes and Amazon!

Recorded at New Orleans' Esplanade Studios, a studio in a reconverted historical church in the heart of the city that was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the release of Dee Dee's Feathers will be accompanied by tour dates worldwide including stops at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, the Barbican in London and New York City's famed Apollo Theatre on Halloween.

Although steeped in history, Dee Dee's Feathers is at the same time a modern exploration of the music and culture that makes New Orleans a city and place unlike any other. Traditional songs such as "Big Chief" (featuring guest artist Dr. John), "Saint James Infirmary" and "What A Wonderful World" - all songs indicative to and steeped in the culture of the Big Easy - co-mingle with new compositions such as "Congo Square" and "C'est Ici Que Je T'aime," transporting the listener on a sensory voyage through the city, whether dancing in a Second Line or frequenting a storied bordello in the heart of the city's French Quarter.

Bridgewater is also slated for THE WIZ IS 40: A CELEBRATION IN DANCE & MUSIC concerts in Central Park and Marcus Garvey Park next week.

DEE DEE'S FEATHERS TRACK LISTING:

1. One Fine Thing
2. What A Wonderful World
3. Big|Brave Chief
4. St. James Infirmary
5. Dee Dee's Feathers
6. New Orleans
7. Treme Song/Do Whatcha Wanna
8. Come Sunday
9. Congo Square
10. C'est Ici Que Je T'Aime
11. Do You Know What It Means
12. Whoopin' Blues

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