British singer Cleo Laine, one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Friday, July 25, 2025, at age 97. In this ...

Her and her husband John Dankworth's friends included stars such as Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young and ...

Conveniently, the 80-year-old star is performing in San Francisco at the Rrazz Room for 13 days beginning Tuesday, along with her saxophonist-clarinetist husband, John Dankworth, who also is 80.

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, known in his early career as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. He was the husband of jazz singer Cleo Laine. Born in ...

Versatile vocalist straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades ...

Dankworth enjoyed a long career as one of England's most celebrated jazz musicians. He played with Charlie Parker in the 1940s, toured with Sidney Bechet and went on to work closely with Duke ...

Renowned Jazz singer Cleo Laine has passed away aged 97. The news of Laine’s death was announced by The Stables, an arts ...

Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and bandleader and husband of jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, has died. He was 82. Dankworth died Saturday at a London hospital after a long ...

British jazz star John Dankworth, who worked with legends like Ella Fitzgerald and was married to singer Cleo Laine, has died at the age of 82, the BBC reported Sunday, quoting his agent.

Better known as Johnny Dankworth before he was knighted in 2006, Sir John started his own jazz orchestra in the 1950s and went on to work with the likes of Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and Ella ...

The singer became famous as Cleo Laine. In 1958 she married the band leader, clarinettist, saxophonist and composer John Dankworth, and over half a century later they are still performing together.

See About archive blog posts. Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82. Dankworth died Saturday in a London hospital after a long illness.