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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Tiny Desk Concert

Bridgewater connects with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved all her life, with a set of songs from Memphis.
Dee Dee Bridgewater performs a Tiny Desk Concert on August 11, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

"This is me coming back full circle in my life," told NPR right before this Tiny Desk performance. Ever since her teenage years, she's wanted to make her latest album, Now, a gorgeous 67 years young, Bridgewater is connecting openly with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved

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