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Merrimans' Playhouse Jazz Performance Series presents The Elaine Dame Trio

"Since 1996, the woman Time Out Chicago calls "a jazz dynamo" and "a gem in the city's vocal jazz scene" has been turning heads and capturing attention at the nations finest clubs and venues. From her regular appearances at The Rainbow Room in New York to headlining venerable Chicago jazz venues like The Jazz Showcase to her upcoming appearance at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival, Elaine's is a career spent at the heart of swinging, joyful and sophisticated jazz.

Elaine Dame - vocals
Pat Mulcahy - bass
Dennis Luxion - piano

Elaine's sophomore recording "You're My Thrill" was released on December 1st, 2014 and is already garnering rave reviews. Neil Tesser, Grammy award-winning writer and author,The Playboy Guide to Jazz said this: "Elaine possesses an exacting, exhilarating command of melodic lines and emotional currents. It helps that she has pinpoint intonation: in performance, I don't believe I've ever heard her miss her mark, even on difficult leaps or drops in a melody line. But she handles those intervals with a dancer's grace and a nuanced attack, which allow the line to unfold seamlessly. She floats through a melody without any apparent effort; to appreciate her musicianship, listen to most other singers handle the same material (you can practically hear them sweat). And Dame's phrasing manages to wed an improviser's expressiveness with a welcome fidelity to the words and their meaning. I think if a saxophone could speak, it might sound like this."

$10 Advanced, $13 Door, $8 Student
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