[b]US soul, disco, jazz singer[/b] (* 27 May 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.). She grew up in Flint, Michigan. Married trumpeter [a=Cecil Bridgewater] in 1970 and moved to New York City. In 1976-1980 she released some high class disco soul albums, accompanied by top session musicians. She worked with many of the leading jazz musicians of the day such as [a=Sonny Rollins] and [a=Dizzy Gillespie] as well as appearing in the musical 'The Wiz' as 'Glinda The Good Witch'. She moved to Paris in 1986 where she…