Dominique Frances Eade (June 16, 1958) is an American jazz singer and composer. She has taught at the New England Conservatory. Career She attended Vassar College and the Berklee College of Music before finishing her degree at New England Conservatory in Boston in 1984. Eade was in a jazz band with Joe McPhee called Naima in the 1990s. In 1989 she became the first jazz performer to be awarded the New England Conservatory's NEC Artist Diploma. Discography The Ruby & The Pearl (Accurate, 1990) My Resistance Is Low (Accurate, 1995) The Sky Has Melted Away with André Vida and Brandon Evans (1995) When the Wind Was Cool (RCA, 1997) The Long Way Home (RCA Victor/BMG, 1999) Open with Jed Wilson (Jazz Project, 2006) Whirlpool with Ran Blake (Jazz Project, 2011) Town and Country with Ran Blake (Sunnyside, 2017) References External links Official site 1958 births Living people Singers from London American women jazz singers American jazz singers American music educators Vassar College alumni American women composers American jazz composers Women music educators 21st-century American women