Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died.

Dame Cleo Laine has died at age 97. Her death was announced by The Stables, the music venue that she and her husband, Sir ...

Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, was not only the best jazz vocalist that Britain ever produced, but was also one of the most versatile and enduring musicians from any ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sir John Dankworth - the British jazz composer, saxophonist and bandleader - has died. He was 82. Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine - who married Mr. Dankworth in 1958 after meeting during an audition ...

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 ...

Sir John Dankworth, who died on February 6 aged 82, was a pioneer of modern jazz in Britain, a leading composer of film music, a tireless champion of musical education, regardless of genre, and a ...

Cleo Laine is back at Feinstein's at the Regency for a too-brief weeklong run. The legendary jazz diva is backed, as always, by her husband of 45 years, John Dankworth, who fills the reed chair ...

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.

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.