Reviews
“Eade is a jazz singer of roving insight and imperturbable grace.”
— Nate Chinen WBGO
“Fearsomely intelligent melodic sense and scatting to rival Ella herself.”
— NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“Ms. Eade is an exceptional singer with a wide vocal range and a grasp on the intricacies of style in blues, soul, jazz and pop.”
— Ben Ratliff THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Eade’s two greatest gifts are her clarity of musical thought and her courage as an improviser. Hearing her in a quartet (with tenor, guitar, and bass) and in a duo (with pianist Ran Blake) proves once again how hard it is to characterize and artist who makes her own way. She has a thrilling voice and remarkable control.”
— Steve Elman THE ARTS FUSE
"Besides, I already knew who the Next Thing in jazz singing would be: Dominique Eade...an impossibly versatile vocalist, composer, lyricist and instrumental arranger."
— David Hadju THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
“The singer’s original songs open doors to her heart, as she sings with the kind of topical variety that fills our world. They’re like letters to a friend that come accompanied by voice and piano. Delicate, personal, and filled with on-target emotional hits.”
— ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“A vocal virtuoso…In addition to her pristine alto and exceptional harmonic sense, Eade has a way of cutting right to the essence of a song.”
— JAZZTIMES
“Hearing Eade live, though, revealed something else — a fresh, inventive musical mind who is capable of a lot more than her new album lets on. Her own self-composed material is most interesting, showcasing her marvelously sustained scatting where she turns inflections and changes her tone just as an expressive horn player would. She chooses each note deliberately and hits it dead-on, with a clear, bright, direct tone and a wide-screen range.”
— VARIETY
“Eade is a dynamic, mesmerizing singer…easily one of the finest vocalists on the contemporary jazz scene”
— THE WASHINGTON POST
“Her voice was rich and clear and strong in all ranges; she had musicianship and cool intelligence…she had absorbed some of Sarah Vaughan’s fearsome technique.”
— Ben Ratliff THE NEW YORK TIMES