Dee Dee Bridgewater opened the last edition of Mosaic Festival

This was my second time attending Dee Dee Bridgewater's concert, and both times at the Esplanade Concert Hall.  Her opening concert at the Mosaic Festival would also be the last edition, as The Esplanade would rethink the current format for its music offerings. For this concert, Dee Dee Bridgewater covered the songs by Billie Holiday, where she recorded an album Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater in 2009. The album won the 2011 Grammy_Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Dee Dee was in good mood that evening, and she chattered quite a bit and also teased the audience for not knowing the jazz standards.  She covered such tunes as All of Me, Fine and Mellow, Mother's Son-in-law and of course God Bless the Child. An enjoyable evening, and also the countdown to the end of this Festival.

Instead of refining its programming, The Esplanade chose to end the Mosaic Festival. This is possibly in reaction to the other music festivals in town, namely St Jerome's Laneway Festival, the new Jazz Festivals at the Marina Bay Sands, the concerts held in connection with the F1 event etc.  We will see what new format or ideas would come out from The Esplanade. Hopefully there won't be too many returning artists appearing at Esplanade stage.