Cleo Laine

Dame Cleo Laine , Lady Dankworth , DBE (born 28 October 1927) is a jazz singer and an actress , noted for her scat singing and vocal range. Laine is the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth .Laine was born as Clementina Dinah Campbell ...

British jazz conductor, bandleader and saxophonist Sir John Dankworth dies at 82 Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died.Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine who married Dankworth in 1958 after meeting during an audition for a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Saxophonist Sir John Dankworth, one of the leading figures in British jazz for more than half a century, has died, his agent said Sunday.His wife, the singer Cleo Laine, announced the death from the stage during a concert to ...

"We are in the top floor cafe of Barneys department store in New York, and as Doonan orders tea I consider the fact that there is perhaps no greater evidence of a charmed existence than sitting next to Cleo Laine on a ...

When the British pop-jazz singer Cleo Laine made her American debut in 1972, everything about her caught the eye or ear. Her earthy contralto could leap octaves, or tootle in unison with the reed playing of John Dankworth, her husband and arranger ...

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Jazz musician Sir John Dankworth dies at 82

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