Dame Cleo Laine

At the age of 90, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career.

An episode of the Front Row podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Dame Cleo Laine" was published on May 28, 2018 and runs 28 minutes.

May 28, 2018 ·28m · Front Row

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At the age of ninety jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career. She talks to Stig Abell about her lasting musical and romantic partnership with saxophonist and composer Sir John Dankworth, her friendship with Ella Fitzgerald and collaboration with Ray Charles.Stig visits Cleo at her countryside home, where in 1970 she and husband John Dankworth created The Stables concert hall in their back garden and meets Cleo's daughter, the singer Jacqui Dankworth.Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Timothy Prosser.

Episode Description

At the age of ninety jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career.

She talks to Stig Abell about her lasting musical and romantic partnership with saxophonist and composer Sir John Dankworth, her friendship with Ella Fitzgerald and collaboration with Ray Charles.

Stig visits Cleo at her countryside home, where in 1970 she and husband John Dankworth created The Stables concert hall in their back garden and meets Cleo's daughter, the singer Jacqui Dankworth.

Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Timothy Prosser.

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