Guests: Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire

"With a palpable authenticity, towering five-octave range, and a powerful blues and gospel-tinged jazz vocal approach, Dee Daniels has built a sterling reputation amongst jazz fans and critics around the world for over four decades. One critic says, “Daniels is effortless and fluid in reaches that defy other singers.

Her voice is so enchanting that the words she sings almost don’t matter. She embodies the music, the sound becomes flesh.” Dee has 14 CDs as a leader and has performed and/or recorded with the who’s who of the Jazz world including Jazz legends, both past, and present. The list includes Benny Green, Houston Person, Russell Malone, Wycliffe Gordon, Cyrus Chestnut, Clark Terry, Ken Peplowski, Kenny Barron, Toots Thielemans, Hank and Elvin Jones, Monty Alexander, Bucky Pizzarelli, Lionel Hampton, and Herb Ellis. She is the recipient of many awards for her music, education, and community services. Her awards include the 2022 Pop
Award (Germany) for Album of the Year; Legacy Award: National Congress of Black Women Foundation, Western Canadian Music Award; Global Music Award; the Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame; and an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts."

"Denzal Sinclaire is one of Canada’s most popular jazz vocalists and is ranked among the finest jazz singers of his generation. A graduate of McGill University’s Jazz Performance program (Montreal, Canada), he possesses that rare ability to achieve, from the moment he steps on stage, a profound emotional interaction with his audience. His passionate and sincere delivery caresses every song he sings. He touches the listener with the purity of the message.

Denzal is a Juno Award nominee, a recipient of the 2004 National Jazz Award for “Best Album”, a four-time consecutive recipient of the Jazz Report Magazine Award for Male Jazz Vocalist, and the 2007 Choc Jazzman Award (France). His admirers include Grammy Award -Winning artists, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, and the JALC Orchestra, Dianne Reeves, Michael Feinstein, and Michael Bublé as well as growing legions of jazz fans in his native Canada and abroad. From his early days as a canny interpreter of Nat ‘King’ Cole’s mentholated crooning, he’s grown into one of the most distinctive and individualistic singers anywhere."