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American jazz trumpeter
Cecil Bridgewater
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Cecil Bridgewater in 1976
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Born
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1942-10-10
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October 10, 1942
(age 81)
Urbana
,
Illinois
,
USA
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Genres
| hard bop
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Instrument(s)
| trumpet
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Years active
| 1969-present
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Musical artist
Cecil Bridgewater
(born October 10, 1942) is an American
jazz
trumpeter and composer.
Biography
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Bridgewater, who is of
African American
heritage,
[1]
was born in
Urbana, Illinois
and studied at the
University of Illinois
. He and brother Ron formed the Bridgewater Brothers Band in 1969, and in the 1970s he was married to
Dee Dee Bridgewater
. In 1970 he played with
Horace Silver
, and following this with
Thad Jones
and
Mel Lewis
from 1970 to 1976. Also in the 1970s he played with
Max Roach
, starting a decades-long association. Elsewhere he has played with
Dizzy Gillespie
,
Art Blakey
,
Randy Weston
,
Charles McPherson
,
Joe Henderson
,
Roy Brooks
,
Abdullah Ibrahim
and
Sam Rivers
. Bridgewater's first disc as a leader appeared in 1993. Bridgewater has also composed works premiered by the
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra
and
Meet the Composer
.
[2]
Cecil Bridgewater has become a great supporter of The
Jazz Foundation of America
in their mission to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians including musicians that survived
Hurricane Katrina
. Cecil performed at the 2008 Benefit Concert, “A Great Night in Harlem”
[3]
at the World-famous
Apollo Theater
.
He currently teaches as adjunct faculty at
Manhattan School of Music
,
New School
,
William Paterson University
, and
The Juilliard School
.
Discography
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As leader
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- I Love Your Smile
(Blue Moon, 1992)
- Mean What You Say
(Brownstone, 1997)
As sideman
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With
Muhal Richard Abrams
With
Anthony Braxton
With
Jon Faddis
and
Billy Harper
With
Frank Foster
With
O'Donel Levy
With
Mel Lewis
With
Charles McPherson
With
Jimmy Owens
With
Houston Person
With
Max Roach
With
Horace Silver
- Both above albums compiled on
The United States of Mind
(Blue Note, 2004)
With
Lonnie Liston Smith
With
Dakota Staton
With
John Stubblefield
With
Buddy Terry
With
The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra
With
Mickey Tucker
With
McCoy Tyner
With
Dee Dee Bridgewater
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