Johnny Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the few British musicians who not only were world-class but were recognised as such, taking to the stage on clarinet or sax with the proverbial Who's ...

Composer and pioneer of modern jazz, whose admirers included such greats as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie Sir John Dankworth, who died on February 6, aged 82, was a pioneer of modern jazz in ...

Alyn Shipton introduces an archive interview in which the late John Dankworth selected some of his finest recordings. Includes work with the Johnny Dankworth Seven and his big band. Show more On 6 ...

The saxophonist, whose career spanned more more than half a century, died on Saturday in King Edward VII hospital, London. He had been ill for several months. His death was announced last night by his ...

One of Britain’s greatest jazz musicians, Johnny Dankworth, reveals the songs and sounds that, for him, had The Tingle Factor. Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE, more commonly known as Johnny ...

Dame Cleo Laine was praised for her "incredible" bravery after she went ahead with an important concert following the death of her husband, the jazz legend Sir John Dankworth. The event marked the ...

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in ...

John Dankworth, one of the leading lights of the British jazz scene for more than a half-century, died Feb. 6 in London. He was 82. His death was announced that night by his wife, the singer Cleo ...

Tributes have beeen paid to British jazz legend Sir John Dankworth after he died aged 82. The saxophonist, whose career spanned more more than half a century, died in King Edward VII hospital, London.

Johnny Dankworth, who was first beguiled at 16 by the music of the Benny Goodman Quartet and Johnny Hodges, yesterday expressed his amazement at being knighted. "When you're a jazz musician you know ...

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