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Dee Daniels: Love Story T o a n y b o d y i n t e r e s t e d in a u t o b i o g r a p h i e s , it's n o t p o s s i b l e t o P o r t e r ' s " W h a t Is this T h i n g C a l l e d L o v e ? " and p o s i t i o n s t h e songs t o illustrate t e n stages o f love: L o n g i n g , Captivation, Surrender, Proposition. Fulfilment, D i s i l l u s i o n m e n t , F o r s a k i n g , M e l a n c h o l y , R e c o v e r y , a n d , finally, Wisdom. T h e i n t e n t i o n is w o n d e r f u l . Maddeningly human. A n d w h e n I h e a r d it f o r t h e first t i m e , the s e t t i n g w a s perfect: t w o o ' c l o c k in t h e m o r n i n g , my small r o o m lit by a s i n gle d i m lamp, m o o n l i g h t p e e r i n g in t h r o u g h half-drawn c u r t a i n s . I g r a b b e d a pen and s t a r t e d s c r i b b l i n g n o t e s o n a pile of n e a r b y g r o c e r y r e c e i p t s . T h i s is w h a t I w r o t e : A very loungy album. Relaxed and music by Ronan Reinart b e e n up a n d d o w n a n d o v e r a n d o u t . Each t i m e I find myself flat o n m y face, I pick myself up a n d get back in t h e r a c e . T h a t ' s life." Yeah. It d o e s n ' t get any c l e a r e r than that. A n d y o u k n o w w h a t ? S h e means it. Love Story is n o Swingin' o v e r - r e c o m m e n d that of C h a r l e s M i n g u s : Beneath the Underdog (Vintage 1991). S e n t i m e n t a l , v u l n e r a b l e , c o l l o quial, c o n f e s s i o n a l , Beneath the Underdog d o e s n ' t just splay o u t inti- macies of the f a m o u s jazz bassist ( w h o u s h e r e d in t h e g o l d e n years of b e b o p w i t h the likes of M i l e s D a v i s , Dizzy Gillespie, C h a r l i e Parker, and D u k e Ellington), the b o o k invites us i n t o an e n t i r e way of life. It r e m i n d s us that jazz music is n o t t h e kind of thing y o u p u r s u e o u t of w h i m o r just b e c a u s e it's s o m e t h i n g t o d o . N o , y o u go i n t o jazz o n l y w h e n y o u ' r e p r e p a r e d t o live it, and any s o n g c r e a t e d o r i n t e r p r e t e d u n d e r the jazz m o n i k e r w i l l r e f l e c t t h e artist's c o m m i t m e n t t o that way of life. N o r t h V a n c o u v e r - b a s e d jazz singer D e e D a n i e l s k n o w s w h a t t h a t means. W i t h h e r r e n o w n e d fouro c t a v e range, D a n i e l s r e c e n t l y p e r f o r m e d w i t h the V a n c o u v e r S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a , the M e t r o p l e O r c h e s t r a ( H o l l a n d ) , and t h e M u n i c h R a d i o O r c h e s t r a ( G e r m a n y ) . She's given c o n c e r t s t h r o u g h o u t Europe Easy; but it c o u l d n e v e r b e , a n d that's okay. It is a w o r t h y a l b u m -- b e c a u s e of D e e . W h e n y o u listen t o h e r sing, y o u aren't just listening t o a s o n g . Like M i n g u s in BeneathThe Underdog, D a n i e l s , w i t h h e r silky i m p a s s i o n e d t o n e s , s h o w s us h e r v u l n e r a b i l i t i e s . Like a signal o f f r i e n d s h i p . A n d w i t h each passing n o t e , she shares a little bit m o r e of w h a t it means t o be alive. W h o , in t h e n a m e o f jazz, c o u l d ask f o r anything m o r e ? cerebral. Dee does shine. Her voice hits it all: plaintive and longing, dark and sultry, concise and clear. One gets the impression nostalgia of a woman caught between the sadof Don't miss D e e Daniels perform March 18,8 pm at the Capilano on te ^ and hope, between College Performing concerts 990-7810. Arts Theatre. Daniels' ness of loss and the optimism unresolved possibility. are sell-outs so call early, U l t i m a t e l y (and in a g r e e m e n t w i t h c o m p o s e r s D e a n K a y a n d Kelly G o r d o n ) , Daniels concludes that.'Tve Ronan Reinart instrumentalist is a writer and multi- and N o r t h A m e r i c a and s h a r e d stages w i t h Jeff C l a y t o n , L i o n e l H a m p t o n , Sarah Vaughan, and D a v i d Foster, a m o n g many, many o t h e r s . F o r the o f t - t r a n s p l a n t e d Daniels ( b o r n in O a k l a n d , raised in Seattle, lived in L o s A n g e l e s , and spent s o m e years in E u r o p e b e f o r e settling in t h e V a n c o u v e r area), jazz is life. I w a s reading Beneath the Underdog w h e n I g o t t h e call t o r e v i e w D a n i e l s ' n e w a l b u m . Love Story (her fifth s o l o a l b u m , available in C a n a d a t h r o u g h Festival Distribution). Okay. I thought. W e ' l l see if the a l b u m cuts it. M y musical ideals w e r e running w i l d and my standards terribly, arbitrarily high. Love Story, Daniel's press kit points out, interprets the t h e m e s of v a r i o u s jazz standards like M e r c e r a n d Carmichael's "Skylark" o r C o l e