Described by Dee Dee herself as a ‘history of New Orleans as told through song’, Dee Dee’s Feathers is big band jazz with an extra helping of swagger topped with the faultess, engaging vocals of Bridewater.’One Fine Thing’ is pure rat pack stuff while ‘Big Chief’ sees Dee Dee adopting a playful, almost intoxicated tone on a big jazz-blues production, ‘Dee Dee’s Feathers’ is a pacey, percussive, urgent riff, ‘New Orleans’ is a sultry cocktail bar finger foot tapper, ‘Congo Square’ has a sort of sneaking, multi-layered groove that snakes along while ‘Whoopin’ Blues’ is a racey jazz-blues finger clicker. You get a real sense of Dee Dee and her band having a lot of fun making this album. (JS)
Track listings:
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01 One Fine Thing by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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02 What A Wonderful World by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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03 Big Chief by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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04 St. James Infirmary by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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05 Dee Dee’s Feathers by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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06 New Orleans by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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07 Treme Song/Do Whatcha Wanna by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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08 Come Sunday by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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09 Congo Square (dee dee) by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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10 C’est Ici Que Je T’aime by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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11 Do You Know What It Means by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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12 Whoopin’ Blues by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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