Elaine Dame

Vocal Jazz, Straight-Ahead, Joyful, Swinging

Vintage vocal jazz and modern standards redefined.

Elaine Dame vocals and flute

Kavyesh Kaviraj piano

Graydon Peterson stand-up bass

Since 1992, Elaine Dame has been turning heads at venerable jazz venues from coast to coast: multiple appearances at The Chicago Jazz Festival, The Rainbow Room in NYC, and Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill, to name but a few. It’s the joy she exudes with every note that makes Elaine’s performances unforgettable. A graduate of The Theater Repertory Program at California State Northridge, Elaine worked for years in Chicago’s theater scene before turning her whole focus to jazz.

“Dame has risen to the top ranks of Chicago jazz singers and possesses all the musicality you could want in a true jazz singer – centered intonation, an enviable command of rhythm, and a translucent but powerful instrument.” –Neil Tesser, Grammy award-winning critic and author, “The Playboy Guide to Jazz”

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