About the Artist

Elaine Dame sings – and people stop and listen. The woman Time Out Chicago calls “a jazz dynamo” and “a gem in the city’s vocal jazz scene” has been turning heads at venerable jazz venues from coast to coast. From her appearances at the world-famous Rainbow Room and 54 Below in New York City to her performances at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival to headlining Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill in LA, Elaine brings her virtuosic interpretations to vintage vocal classics and modern standards alike.

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. She’s a singer who understands the importance of stage presence. It’s no wonder the Chicago Reader wrote, “Ms.Dame has a winning stage presence and chameleon-like vocal flexibility.”

Elaine will be debuting music from her forthcoming 3rd recording, “Reminiscing” – a unique project that features jazz variations of music from the 1970s with an all-star line-up of Chicago-based jazz instrumentalists. 

“Elaine Dame has risen to the top ranks of Chicago Jazz Singers” ~Neil Tesser, Author, Playboy Guide to Jazz