Dee Daniels

Dee Daniels is an accomplished vocalist and musician's musician who passionately delivers timeless performances in multiple genres that include: jazz, blues, gospel, and her original compositions. Her newest CD, The Promise, has garnered awards in multiple categories from the Global Music Awards, and Spiritual Artist of the Year from the Western Canada Music Awards. A sultry songsmith and master of storytelling, she has performed for royalty and international dignitaries on multiple occasions and has an extensive list of performances with combos and big bands. Her international career includes performances across Europe, the United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, South America, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Egypt, twelve African countries, and throughout North America.

She crossed the threshold of the classical world with the creation of her spellbinding Symphony Pops programs, “Great Ladies of Swing”, “The Great American Swing Book”, "A Night Out With The Boys", ” The Soul of Ray: The Music of Ray Charles”, and "Red, Hot, and Blues". She shares a successful Pops program with Juno Award winner, Denzal Sinclair, entitled "Unforgettable: 100 Years of Nat and Natalie Cole". Dee has performed and recorded with orchestras throughout North America and abroad. In addition to her accredited presence and magnetic prowess on keys, Daniels adds a spellbinding four- octave plus vocal range to her potent, natural, and unique spin on every song she touches.

Her vocal style was born deep in the gospel roots of her stepfather’s Baptist church choir in Oakland, California, refined through the R&B era, and smoothly polished during a five-year stay in The Netherlands and Belgium from 1982 to 1987. Dee Daniels has performed and/or recorded with the who’s who of the Jazz world including Jazz legends: Clark Terry, Mulgrew Miller, Claudio Roditti, Benny Green, Houston Person, John Clayton, Russell Malone, Wycliffe Gordon, Cyrus Chestnut, Ken Peplowski, Kenny Barron, Bill Mays, Jeff Clayton, Benny Golson, Grady Tate, Toots Thielemans, Jeff Hamilton, Monty Alexander, Steve Wilson, Marvin Stamm, Lewis Nash, Kenny Washington, Norman Simmons, Hank and Elvin Jones, Dennis Mackrel, Martin Wind, Bucky Pizzarelli, Helen Sung, Christian McBride, David Young, Neil Swainson Dave Stryker, Bruce Forman, Victor Lewis, and many, many more.

Dee was 2020/21 winner of the Western Canada Music Awards Spiritual Artist of the Year for her latest CD release, The Promise. In 2020 the National Congress of Black Women of Canada honoured Dee with a Legacy Award; in 2010 she received a nomination for an Atlanta Theater’s Suzi Bass Award; in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts and the 2008 President’s Award, both from Capilano University; a recipient of the prestigious and most coveted Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 2003 saw her induction into the University of Montana’s School of Fine Arts Hall of Honor; a 1997 University of Montana Distinguished Alumni Award; a 2002 induction into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame and member of Vancouver’s Granville Street Walk of Fame are a testament to her dedication to music.

Dee has cultivated a diverse career that has also seen her on theatre stages including the 2009 premiere of New York choreographer, Twyla Tharp’s, musical, Come Fly Away, and the critically acclaimed musical, Wang Dang Doodle at the Arts Club in Vancouver, BC. She is an inspirational speaker with keynote addresses being delivered at the Women’s CEO & Senior Management Summit in Toronto, the British Columbia Music Teachers Conference, commencement addresses at Capilano University, and many more.

An internationally respected vocal clinician, adjudicator and mentor, Dee presents clinics, workshops, and master classes globally. In 2019 she joined the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific (CA); served on the President's Advisory Council for the Jazz Education Network (JEN) from 2016 - 2018; was Artistic Director for the West Coast’s DeMiero Jazz Fest from 2011 to 2018; created the Dee Daniels Jazz Vocal Scholarship awarded at the DeMiero Jazz Festival in Edmonds, WA in 2017; was on the faculty of the vocal department of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (NY) 2013 - 2014. In 2013, she created the week-long Dee Daniels Vocal Jazz Workshop Camp at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp; from 2001 through 2017, she was the creator and donor for the Dee Daniels Jazz Vocal Scholarship at the Capilano University in North Vancouver, BC and from 2017 to the present, the scholarship continues at the DeMiero Jazz Festival. She was the first artist to serve on the Advisory Board of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival (2002 - 2008), and has received several awards for her contribution in the field of music performance, music education, and community service.

Dee has several CDs as a leader to her credit in addition to being a guest artist on CDs of other artists, and on compilation CDs internationally. Visit www.deedaniels.com for further information.

Awards

• 2020/21 winner of the Western Canada Music Awards Spiritual Artist of the Year for her latest CD release, The Promise • 2020 Global Music Awards: Categories - Album, Contemporary Gospel, & Female Vocalist • 2020 the National Congress of Black Women of Canada honored Dee with a Legacy Award • 2010 she received a nomination for an Atlanta Theater’s Suzi Bass Award • 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts, from Capilano University • 2008 President’s Award, from Capilano University • 2003 induction into the University of Montana’s School of Fine Arts Hall of Honor • 2002 recipient of the prestigious and most coveted Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. • 2002 induction into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame and member of Vancouver’s Granville Street Walk of Fame • 1997 University of Montana Distinguished Alumni Award

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New Releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, Late June Birthdays & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 3, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Robin McKelle, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, with a final single from Nicole Zuraitis, plus birthday shoutouts to bassist Amy Shook, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, harpist Carol Robbins and vocalist Gillian Margot among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist 3D Jazz Trio “Blues ...

Performance / Tour

Martin Wind Trio and Dee Daniels at the Seasons

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 18, 2010

Hours before Friday night's concert at The Seasons Fall Festival, bassist Martin Wind's trio lost a third of its roster when drummer Matt Wilson returned home to attend to a family medical situation. Wind called Greg Williamson, who drove 150 miles from Seattle to Yakima across the Cascade Mountains in time for a quick talk-through before he joined Wind and saxophonist Scott Robinson on stage. The combination clicked in the trio's first half and after intermission when singer-pianist Dee Daniels ...
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Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Rob Scheps Solos with Oregon Symphony Feb. 6 -9 with Jeff Tyzik, Dee Daniels

Source: All About Jazz
February 7, 2004

Rob Scheps will play a number of jazz solos with the Oregon Symphony this week at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Portland, Oregon this week. Scheps will be featured on alto & tenor saxophones soloing on Basie & Ellington pieces conducted by trumpeter Jeff Tyzik. The 2nd half of the program features singer Dee Daniels in tribute to Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and others. Concerts are as follows Sat. February 6 8pm Sunday Feb. 7 3 & 7 pm ...
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Music Industry

Dee Daniels' "Great Ladies of Swing" Swingin' into 2004!

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2003

January and February of 2004 will find Dee Daniels gracing the stage with five different Symphony Orchestras, for a total of 12 concerts. Response last year to her Symphonic Pops program, “Great Ladies of Swing", was tremendous. With the addition of eight new arrangements to the show, it promises to be a very special evening of song. “Great Ladies of Swing" is a collection of songs made famous by four Vocal Jazz Legends: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday and ...
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"Dee is queen of all that she musically surveys."

“Dee is a musical force that lifts her audience into the spheres of true entertainment”

“She has a great sense for the interpretation, preservation, and continued promotion of the best that jazz and swing offered in its finest hour”

“The gorgeous ballad ended with a high note the likes of which I don't think I've ever heard. Daniels held that note until it was thin as ribbon, then fattened it out and pulled it down into the lowlands. That's jazz!”

“Daniels is effortless and fluid in reaches that defy other singers”

Primary Instrument

Vocals

Location

Vancouver

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Dr. Dee Daniels, Vocal Clinician Email: [email protected] A consummate jazz, blues, and gospel vocalist of the highest caliber, Dr. Dee Daniels performs globally in diverse performance settings and is a vocal educator, mentor, recording artist, composer, and inspirational speaker of note. As a vocal clinician, Dr. Dee’s clinics, workshops, and masterclasses are geared specifically towards the jazz vocalist, but the information presented is applicable to any non- classical genre and/or vocal style. (Instrumentalists also attend her workshops as many of the topics presented are applicable to instrumental expression.) A supportive, interactive, and hands-on environment is immediately created where participants feel comfortable and safe as they are guided out of their “comfort zones” and encouraged to try new ideas. A multitude of topics are structured to lead participants on a journey of exploration that results in increased vocal and performance skills. All the ingredients of what it takes to become the consummate vocalist are explored. SELECTED EDUCATIONAL POSTINGS • Vocal Jazz Teacher at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific (2019 - Present), CA • President’s Advisory Council - Jazz Education Network (2016 - 2018) • Adjudicator - National YoungArts Foundation (2012 - present), Washington, DC • Artistic Director - DeMiero Jazz Festival (2011 - 2017, an all-vocal jazz performance & education festival), WA • Adjunct Professor Vocal Jazz Masters Program, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (2013 - 2014), NY • Dee Daniels Vocal Jazz Workshop (2013 & 2014, week-long vocal workshops), Sitka, AK • Vocal Faculty at the Centrum Port Townsend Jazz Workshop & Festival (multiple times), WA • Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Advisory Board, University of Idaho (2002 - 2008) SELECTED CLINIC LOCATIONS • JEN Conferences (Jazz Education Network) • Dee Daniels Vocal Jazz Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) • Aaron Copeland School of Music, Queens College (New York) • Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (Idaho) • Port Townsend Jazz Festival & Workshop; Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival (Washington) • Royal Conservatories of The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Maastricht, and Utrecht (The Netherlands) • Cologne Music Conservatory (Germany) • Capilano University; Phil Dwyer Jazz Vocal Camp (Vancouver, BC) • University of the Pacific and Brubeck Institute (California) • And more...

Clinic/Workshop Information

Primary Instrument

Vocals

Location

Vancouver

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Clinic/Workshop Information

SELECTED LIST OF CLINIC TOPICS... • Making It Real: Storytelling Through Song • Crossing Vocal Bridges: A Seamless Approach • The Dr. Dee Daniels Rose Breath and Numbered Activation Vocal Techniques • Continuing the Story Without Words: The Art of Creating Scat • New Tools to Create or Enhance Your Skills as a Vocal Teacher • Personal Grounding Techniques / How to Create with Focused Energy • Phrasing: Melodic & Rhythmic Exploration • Mic Technique • Performance Presentation: Stage Presence & Personality Development, Body Language & Movement • Audience Interaction: Getting them into the palm of your hands • Listening: Comparing and Analyzing Vocal Styles • Song Arranging • Choosing Repertoire • Vocalist Responsibilities and Jargon • A Music Business & Marketing Crash Course

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