Comes Love 2005
Elaine Dame's debut recording Comes Love was released in 2005 to wide critical acclaim and worldwide radio play. The album features an all-star lineup of Chicago jazz musicians: pianist Jeremy Kahn (featured on Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” on NPR), bassist Rob Amster (Kurt Elling’s long-time sideman), drummer Tim Davis, trumpet player Art Davis, legendary violinist Johnny Frigo and guitarist Dave Onderdonk.
Press Quotes/Reviews
”An artist who truly wants to sing and has dug deep down to do it. Dame’s first CD is very smooth and stylish. Every track is note perfect… an intimate, personal style…interpretation is clearly her forte, she shapes a song like she’s been doing it for years… Dame delivers the perfect twists and turns on every phrase, swinging from a whisper to a husky wail with confidence and panache.” – Jazz Review
“a clear and powerful voice along with the ability to improvise with subtlety…an excellent scat singer…beautiful tone.”
– Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
“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, like the unpredictability of shifting meters used to insert tension and increase the excitement of ‘Yesterdays,’ with an unaffected fondness for the music she sings. That fondness is evident in the unadorned respect she pays for a classic song like ‘What’ll I Do?’ 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
“Like clarified honey, her voice combines a hearty sweetness and a welcome translucence, and they enjoy a complimentary balance…but Dame can also push into unexpected territory… a place in the heart toughened by life and strengthened by hope, with a little growl to signify both.” – Neil Tesser, Grammy Award-winning jazz journalist and author, Playboy Guide to Jazz
Personnel
Jeremy Kahn, Piano (Dizzy Gillespie, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin)
Rob Amster, Upright Bass (Kurt Elling, Poi Dog Pondering, Fareed Haque)
Tim Davis, Drums (Nat Adderly, Sheila Jordan, Rodney Dangerfield)
Art Davis, Trumpet (Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles)
Dave Oderdonk, Guitar (Kurt Eling, Mavis Staples, Michael Feinstein)
Johnny Frigo, Violin (Anita O'Day, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Dorsey)
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