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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Wordsongs
Jazz - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 01/01/1978
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Quintessential Cleo
Jazz - Lançado por Qnote Records em 01/01/2001
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Sometimes When We Touch
Classical - Lançado por RCA Victor em 01/11/1901
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Nothing Without You
Jazz - Lançado por Concord Records em 01/01/1992
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Laine: That Old Feeling (Voice)
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical em 01/01/1987
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Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim
Jazz - Lançado por RCA Victor em 01/01/1987
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Jazz
Jazz - Lançado por RCA Victor - Legacy em 24/07/1991
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Blue And Sentimental
Jazz - Lançado por RCA Victor em 10/05/1993
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Meet Cleo
Jazz - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 01/01/1957
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A Lover and His Lass
Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Dankworth Seven
Jazz - Lançado por Esquire Records em 14/12/2021
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All Of Me
Pop - Lançado por Sunset Blvd. Records em 26/08/2016
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Love Is Here to Stay
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Jazz Arena em 06/12/2014
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Loesser Genius
Jazz - Lançado por Qnote Records em 19/01/2003
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I Love Music
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por A-Jazz Records em 27/06/2014
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If We Lived On the Top of a Mountain
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Masters Inc. em 15/03/2012
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All About Me
International Pop - Lançado por Trunk Records em 26/08/2020
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My One and Only Love
Jazz - Lançado por Amra Record em 12/02/2016
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Smilin' Through
Jazz - Lançado por Qnote Records em 15/06/1982
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A Lover and His Lass (Album of 1955)
Cleo Laine, Keith Christie Quartet
Pop - Lançado por British Jazz em 31/03/2021
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Great Classics
Jazz - Lançado por Tiger Nong em 12/03/2015
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