I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s ...

Dame Cleo Laine, a virtuosic singer, glided across British tv screens in the 1960s and 1970s, a symbol of the free-spirited ...

Dame Cleo made her debut at the Concorde in 2007, in a star-studded evening marking the club's 50th anniversary. Five years ...

The Georgian estate of an early Connecticut abolitionist, active in the Amistad trial, went up for sale recently. Connecticut ...

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s ...

Cleo Laine, the jazz singer and actress known for her distinct, husky voice has passed aged 97. Her death was announced Friday by her charity, The Stables. “She will be greatly missed but her unique ...

Veteran jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, famed for her scat singing style, has died at the age of 97. Nicknamed the First Lady of Jazz, she was a Grammy award-winning, leading figure of the British jazz ...

British jazz singer Cleo Laine, who performed with musical greats including Frank Sinatra and starred as an actor in London’s West End and on Broadway, has died aged 97, the Guardian newspaper ...

Grammy winner Cleo Laine, the most successful jazz singer to hail from the United Kingdom, has died. She was 97. Her death ...

The Grim Reaper has been on a gleeful rampage these past months. Wielding his scythe with impunity he has been mowing down some of the best and the brightest artists around. Hopefully, his recent ...