Marciac - Dee Dee Bridgewater

Marciac, founded as a bastide in 1298, is a small, sleepy town, that in the month of August each year since 1978, changes into the "Capital of Jazz". A true metamorphosis.

"Jazz in Marciac" is one of the leading Jazz-festivals in Europe with way more than 200.000 visitors each year. During this time, there is no soccer in Marciac, as the sports-ground is occupied by the "CHAPITEAU", a huge tent with a capacity of about 5000.


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Grammy- and Tony Award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater is a legend. The "grand dame" of modern jazz is on stage since the late 1960s. To her right side Theo Crocker plays the trumpet.

Sometime music is a family business. Singer China Moses, whom I saw in Carcassonne in 2010, is Dee Dee´s daughter. Theo Crocker is the grandson of the late Doc Cheatham.

Taking photographs during this concert, I got a severe warning from the security guys, as it is - prohibited! So this is the only photo...


Here is Dee Dee Bridgewater in Marciac:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-R6e_mUEQ