Elaine Dame to Perform at 54 Below, 6/16

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Elaine Dame in Something to Live For: The Strayhorn/Ellington Collaboration on Thursday, July 16th at 9:30 PM. Jazz vocalist Elaine Dame celebrates the collaboration of two of America's most innovative and exciting jazz icons: Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. On this, the centennial of Strayhorn's birth, Ms. Dame will commemorate and memorialize the magic of their 29 year partnership.

Elaine will feature two incredible, New York-based jazz instrumentalists: pianist Ben Patterson and bassist Neal Miner, both of whom are highly sought-after sidemen.

Elaine Dame in Something to Live For: The Strayhorn/Ellington Collaboration plays 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) Thursday, July 16th at 9:30 pm. There is a $25-$30 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

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 nation's finest clubs and venues. From her regular appearances at New York's legendary Rainbow Room to her upcoming headlining appearance at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival, Elaine's is a career spent at the heart of swinging and sophisticated jazz, bringing her joyful, modern take to vintage standards.

Elaine's sophomore recording "You're My Thrill" was released to wide critical acclaim and world-wide radio play. Neil Tesser, Grammy Award-winning writer and author of 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 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."