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Dominique Eade
Birth nameDominique Frances Eade
Born (1958-06-16) June 16, 1958 (age 66)
London, England
GenresJazz vocalist, composer

Dominique Frances Eade (June 16, 1958 in London, England)[1] is an American jazz singer and composer. She lives near Boston and is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.[2]

Early life

She attended Vassar College and the Berklee College of Music before finishing her degree at New England Conservatory in Boston in 1984.[3]

Eade was in a jazz band with Joe McPhee called Naima in the 1990s.[3]

In 1989 she became the first jazz performer to be awarded the New England Conservatory's NEC Artist Diploma.[4]

Reviews and awards

Her work has been praised by The Boston Phoenix, Newsday, and Peter Watrous and David Hajdu of the New York Times.[5] Entertainment Weekly named her the "best jazz singer" in their article about up-and-coming artists for 1996.[5]

Discography

Solo

  • 1992 The Ruby and the Pearl (Accurate)
  • 1994 My Resistance Is Low (Accurate)
  • 1997 When the Wind Was Cool (RCA Victor)
  • 1999 Long Way Home (RCA)
  • 2006 Open (CD Baby/Jazz Project)
  • 2011 Whirlpool (CD Baby)[6]
  • 2017 Town and Country, (Sunnyside Records) with Ran Blake

Collaboration

  • 1995 – The Sky Has Melted Away (with The Creative Trans-Informational Alliance Presents (CTIA), André Vida and Brandon Evans)[7]

References

  1. ^ "Dominique Eade". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. ^ New England Conservatory faculty list
  3. ^ a b "Dominique Eade Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  4. ^ Jazz, All About. "Jazz news: New England Conservatory Presents "Living Time" George Russell: His Musical Life and Legacy". News. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  5. ^ a b "Dominique Eade" (PDF). Hartford Jazz Society.
  6. ^ "Dominique Eade | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Brandon Evans / Andre Vida / Dominique Eade [CTIA-NYC] 1995". Brandon Evans. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
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