Album Notes

Dee Alexander is one of Chicago's most respected female vocalist/songwriters. Her talents span every music genre, from Gospel to R&B, from blues to Neo-Soul. Her heart and soul can truly be experienced in her performance of Jazz. From a soft, sultry traditional ballad, to a contemporary Jazz-Funk groove, from a high flying swing, to a scat-filled romp, Dee Alexander delivers each style with a passion and love of music that comes across in each and every note, and in a style that is truly her own.
Some of her accomplishments include the following: 26th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival with Orbert Davis and Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, 2004 WNUA Smooth Jazz Series, 2004 Ravinia Lawndale Music Festival, 2004-2005 Winter Delights Jazz Fair sponsored by Jazz Institute and City of Chicago; 2003 Common Thread-Three Women In Creative Music, Montclair, NJ; 25th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival; 2003 South Shore Jazz and Heritage Festival, 2003 Chicago Blues Festival performing backup vocals for Willie Clayton and Zora Young; Absolut Jam Jazz Series Finalist- $5,000 award; Old Town School of Folk Music's Voices of the New Black Millennium; Chicago Blues Festival 2001 with Malachi Thompson's Freebop Band; opened for the following artists: David Sanborn at Holiday Star Theatre in January 1999; Earl Klugh at the JVC Jazz Festival - July 1998; Gerald Albright, Najee and Roy Ayers at the House of Blues for Club Benson and Hedges May 1998; Joshua Redman at The DuSable Museum's Jazz and Blues Festival; O'Jays at Oprah Winfrey's Holiday Party at the House of Blues in Chicago November 1996; Stanley Jordan at the New Regal Theatre; backup vocals for Michael Manson at Isaac Hayes Club and Phil Perry at the Cubby Bear and Navy Pier Skyline Stage in Chicago; V-103 Best of Chicago Talent-Jazz Finalist 1997 - $3,000 award; Hennessey Jazz Search in Chicago Finalist with Ken Chaney Experience- $10,000 award; and performing backup vocals with Michael Bolton on New Year's Eve 1994 at Rosemont Horizon.
Internationally, Ms. Alexander has performed at Banlieues Bleues Festival 2004 in Paris, France with Trio Inventions. She has also performed in Singapore, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and France with Sue Conway and the Victory Singers and in Holland with the Art Porter Quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
Showing her limitless versatility, Ms. Alexander's theatrical experiences have been at ETA Performance Arts Theatre in Chicago in which she has appeared in "Passenger Past Midnight", When the Wind Blows, Hillary Clay", Cosmic Night and Muntu Dance Company's "African Swing" just to name a few.
Dee has also performed on various commercial spots such as McDonalds, Pert Plus, Illinois State Lottery, Diet 7Up, Pillsbury, Buick LeSabre, Commonwealth Edison, Dove, and Amoco. She is featured on Orbert Davis' "Blue Notes", Corky McClerkin's "Island of Dreams"; R. Kelly's "Tp-2.com"and U Saved Me/Happy People; Brian Culbertson's "Secrets", Malachi Thompson's "47TH Street, "Rising Daystar" and Blue Jazz; , Lines and Spaces' "Shades of Brown" as well as her own "Dee Alexander Live at the Hothouse" CD projects . Dee's performance on the title track to "47th Street" was also released on the 2 CD set "Delmark Records, 45 Years of Jazz and Blues" featuring some of the best recordings from the company's rich jazz history. Ms. Alexander's television performances include WBBM Channel 2 2005 Portraits in Color; WTTW's Channel 11 Going Home Gospel with Sue Conway and the Victory Singers featuring Patti LaBelle and WTTW's Arts Across Illinois 2001 with Malachi Thompson's Freebop Band and Bernie Mac's HBO (Midnight Mac) Special.