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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick
American orchestrator, musical director, and composer
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Alec Dankworth
Alec Dankworth
English jazz bassist and composer
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Allan Ganley
Allan Ganley
British musician
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Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Chris Karan
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
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Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore
American singer and actress
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Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Jack Jones
Jack Jones
American singer and actor
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Derek Smith
Derek Smith
British musician
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Daryl Runswick
Daryl Runswick
British musician
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Lena Horne
Lena Horne
American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)
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Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
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Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie
Scott percussionist
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Simon Spillett
Simon Spillett
British musician
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Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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Heather Headley
Heather Headley
Trinidad and Tobago singer and actor
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Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Guy Barker
Guy Barker
British composer and musician
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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Andy Panayi
Andy Panayi
British musician
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Helen Ward
Helen Ward
American jazz singer
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Anita Kerr
Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
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Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer and actress
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Ray Copeland
Ray Copeland
American musician
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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
Cleo Laine
English jazz singer and actress

Cleo Laine

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English jazz singer and actress
Genres
Record Labels
Awards Received
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Theatre World Award
Nominated For
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Dame Cleo Laine DBE (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927) is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves. Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth.