Cleo Laine
With a multi-octave voice similar to Betty Carter's, incredible scatting ability, and ease of transition from a throaty whisper to high-pitched trills, Cleo Laine was born in 1927 in the Southall section of London, the daughter of a Jamaican father and English mother. Her parents sent her to vocal and dance lessons as a teenager, but she was 25 when she first sang professionally, after a successful audition with the big band led by Johnny Dankworth. Both Laine and the band recorded for Esquire, MGM and Pye during the late '50s, and by 1958, she was married to Dankworth.
With Dankworth by her side, Laine began her solo career in earnest with a 1964 album of Shakespeare lyrics set to Dankworth's arrangements, Shakespeare: And All That Jazz. Laine also gained renown for the first of three concert albums recorded at New York's Carnegie Hall, 1973's Cleo Laine Live! At Carnegie Hall. She also recorded two follow-ups (Return to Carnegie and The 10th Anniversary Concert) the latter of which in 1983 won her the first Grammy award by a Briton. She has proved a rugged stage actress as well, winning a Theater World award for her role in the Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, (in addition to Tony and Drama Desk nominations as well). In 1976 she recorded a jazz version of Porgy and Bess with Ray Charles, and also recorded duets with James Galway and guitarist John Williams. Laine and Dankworth continued to tour into the 1990s, and she received perhaps her greatest honor when she became the first jazz artist to receive the highest title available in the performing arts: Dame Commander.
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Cleo's Choice
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei PnR am 01.12.2010
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Christmas Bells Are Ringing
Jazz - Erschienen bei Belle Wood am 15.12.2016
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The Early Years
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Violet Hill Records am 16.05.2012
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Flapping Wings
Jazz - Erschienen bei Wings in Hell am 23.12.2020
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Cleo Laine Sings British
Jazz - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 20.05.2011
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Cleo Laine Sings Elizabethan - EP
Jazz - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 20.05.2011
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The April Age - EP
Jazz - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 20.05.2011
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A Lover and His Lass
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jasnet Records am 21.08.2013
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Magic Winter Sounds
Jazz - Erschienen bei 69 digital am 24.12.2018
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Guitar Town Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei GTM restart rec. am 15.06.2020
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Listen This Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei Archive Catapult am 25.01.2019
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All About Me
Pop - Erschienen bei Start Up Records am 26.08.2020
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Original Jazz Recordings (Digitally Remastered)
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Voices & History Records am 14.09.2018
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That's Why The Moon Was Smiling
Jazz - Erschienen bei The Moon Was Smiling am 06.05.2020
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