Dee Dee Bridgewater Duo With Helen Sung
Highlights
- Experience the soulful sounds of Grammy-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater at 49 Market Street, Sydney.
- Delight in an intimate performance featuring acclaimed Australian vocalist Michelle Nicole and guitarist Hugh Stuckey.
- Immerse yourself in the jazz mastery of Helen Sung, a Guggenheim Fellow with a swinging style.
- Enjoy a historic evening of music as Bridgewater performs in Australia for the first time in nearly twelve years.
Over the course of a remarkable and many-faceted career, multiple Grammy and Tony Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater has become one of the defining voices in jazz, celebrated for her fearless reinterpretations of standards and singular artistic vision.
A two-time Grammy winner, Bridgewater first rose to prominence with the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra before performing alongside icons including Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, and Dizzy Gillespie. Beyond music, she has built an extraordinary career across theatre, film, television, and broadcasting, winning a Tony Award for her role as Glinda in The Wiz and releasing acclaimed recordings including the double Grammy-winning Dear Ella. Her latest album, Elemental (2025), with pianist Bill Charlap, further cemented her enduring creative power.
Joining her is acclaimed pianist and composer Helen Sung, a Guggenheim Fellow whose virtuosic, deeply swinging style has seen her collaborate with Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Wynton Marsalis.
Opening the evening is celebrated Australian vocalist Michelle Nicole, hailed as one of the country’s finest jazz singers. A Bell Award winner, National Jazz Award recipient, and three-time ARIA finalist, Nicole will perform in an intimate duo setting with acclaimed guitarist Hugh Stuckey.
Bridgewater’s first Australian performance in almost twelve years promises a truly historic and unmissable concert event.
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- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in audio format (includes an audio described map of their venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays) is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
- Raised tactile buttons in lifts are available.
- Handrails on all stairways
- Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire) are available.
Hearing
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- A hearing loop is available.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Allergies and intolerances
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- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
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