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Upcoming Appearances
- Wednesday, February 10, 2010
- 12:00PM - Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
- Chicago, IL
- Thursday, February 11, 2010
- 7:00PM - DOC Winebar
- Lombard, IL
- Monday, February 15, 2010
- 8:30PM - Katerina's Jazz Club
- Chicago, IL
- Friday, February 19, 2010
- 7:30PM - Joplin's Java Jazz Cafe
- Waukegan, IL
- Sunday, February 21, 2010
- 2:00PM - The North Shore Senior Center
- Evanston, IL
- Sunday, February 21, 2010
- 2:00PM - The North Shore Senior Centr
- Oakbrook, IL
- Sunday, December 12, 2010
- 7:30PM - Salt Creek Wine Bar
- Brookfield, IL
Past Appearances
- Thursday, February 04, 2010
- 7:00PM - DOC Winebar
- Lombard, IL
- Friday, January 29, 2010
- 7:30PM - Tuscany Restaurant
- Wheeling, IL
- Thursday, January 28, 2010
- 9:00PM - The Coq D'Or in The Drake Hotel
- Chicago, IL
- Saturday, January 23, 2010
- 12:00PM - Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
- Chicago, IL
- Thursday, January 21, 2010
- 9:00PM - The Drake Hotel's Coq D'Or Room
- Chicago, IL
- Tuesday, January 19, 2010
- 7:30PM - Salt Creek Wine Bar's "Chantuese Tuesday's"
- Brookfield, IL
- Monday, January 18, 2010
- 8:00PM - Katerina's - "Jazz Jam and Happy Hang"
- Chicago, IL
- Tuesday, January 12, 2010
- 7:30PM - Salt Creek Wine Bar's "Chantuese Tuesdays"
- Chicago, IL
- Thursday, December 31, 2009
- 9:00PM - St. Charles Steakhouse
- St. Charles, IL
- Tuesday, December 22, 2009
- 9:00PM - The Coq D'Or in The Drake Hotel
- Chicago, IL
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- Location:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 500 miles from Chicago.
- Pay Range:
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$600-$3500 per event
- Member Since:
- 2007
- Primary Category:
- Jazz Singer
- Additional Categories:
- 30s Singer, 40's Hits Piano, 40s Singer, Classical Flute, Flute, Jazz Acoustic Guitar, Jazz Flute, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Keyboards, Jazz Piano, Piano, Wedding Singer
- Influences:
- Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra
Description
The Elaine Dame Quartet provides classic and swinging jazz, vocal or instrumental, for your wedding, corporate event, or private party in and around Chicago, the midwest and the nation. Due to the superior, professional musicianship and exceptional customer service she provides, Elaine is ranked the #1 jazz singer and bandleader working with gigmasters. Just read the testimonials for yourself from her delighted clients!
More about The Elaine Dame Quartet: With over fifteen years experience in the industry, I create a custom package and performance to fit your budget, using a variety of jazz duos, trios, quartets and quintets, employing only the most talented, most sought after Chicago jazz instrumentalists. And I play the flute at no extra cost to you! I look foward to working with you soon.
My best, Elaine Dame
What the Industry professionals say about The Elaine Dame Quartet:
"Like clarified honey, her voice combines a hearty sweetness and a welcome translucence, and they enjoy a complimentary balance" -NEIL TESSER, AUTHOR, PLAYBOY GUIDE TO JAZZ AND HOST OF NPR'S JAZZ REVIEW, LISTEN HERE
"Dame continues to be a gem in the city's vocal jazz scene." -TIME OUT CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 2009
"Blessed with such purity of sound that clarions could take lessons, Dame expresses wide open honesty and her clarity is matched note for note by her imagination" -JAZZ TIMES
"Her joy in the act of singing is obvious throughout the entirety of "Comes Love." Dame combines a freshness of approach with an unaffected fondness for the music she sings. The result is a clear-eyed approach to her material that remains accessible to a broad cross section of listeners, potentially enlarging the audience for jazz" -JAZZ IMPROV MAGAZINE
"Dame has a clear and powerful voice along with the ability to improvise with subltety...an excellent scat singer...beautiful tone" -ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"An artist who truly wants to sing and has dug deep down to do it. Dame's first CD is smooth and stylish,she has an intimate, personal style and every track is note perfect. Interpretation is clearly her forte, she shapes a song like she's been doing it for years, swinging from a whisper to a husky wail with confidence and panache." -JAZZ REVIEW
"Dame has a winning stage presence and a chameleon-like vocal flexiblity"- THE CHICAGO READER
Song List
Available For:
Anniversaries, Apres Ski Parties, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Temples, TV Soundtracks, Weddings
Feedback
- Elaine was a delight to work with. Very talented and a joy to meet.
I would highly recommend her! -- Julie O, East Dundee, IL, 9/16/2007
- Elaine Dame and her group create memories. All of our friends and family are still talking about her performance and how much her group truly loves their art and performance. The music was beautiful. The performers professional and enjoyable to work with. We have become true fans and will make arrangements to see her play in public venues in the very near future. Can't praise her and thank her enough!
Scott Fech
-- Scott F, Valparaiso, IN, 5/26/2007
- Elaine and her jazz group proved to be the perfect fit for my event. They played elegant and lively music and everyone said it was a real highlight.
Elaine will spend time with you before your event to make absilutely sure you get what you're looking for and if you have any samples of music you would like then don't be afraid to make a list as a guideline. They will easily add your favorites to their repetoire. They're often playing around Chicago (sometimes at The Drake hotel) so if you get the opportunity to hear them play somewhere I highly recommend it, whether you book them or not you'll have a fun time doing "research", as I did. Good luck. -- Robert G, Chicago, IL, 5/12/2007
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