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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Good Old Wagon Blues
Freddy Mirfield And His Garbage Men
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| 2. | Mop Mop
John Dankworth with the Victor Feldman Quartet
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| 3. | Second Eleven
Johnny Dankworth Club XI Quartet
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| 4. | Lightly Politely
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 5. | Don't Blame Me
John Dankworth Seven vocal by Frank Holder
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| 6. | Easy Living
Cleo Laine and the John Dankworth Seven
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| 7. | The Very Thought Of You
John Dankworth Seven and Cleo Laine
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| 8. | Mr. And Mississippi
John Dankworth Seven and Cleo Laine
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| 9. | Lush Life
John Dankworth Seven and Cleo Laine
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| 10. | Bopscotch
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 11. | Leon Bismarck
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 12. | The Slider
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 13. | I Hear Music
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 14. | Strictly Confidential
Johnny Dankworth Seven
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| 15. | Younger Every Day
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 16. | Bugle Call Rag
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 17. | Perdido
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 18. | Indiana
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 19. | Memories Of You
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Experiments With Mice
Johnny Dankworth
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| 2. | Firth Of Fourths
Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 3. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 4. | Royal Ascot
Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 5. | Tomorrow's World
John Dankworth
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| 6. | African Waltz
John Dankworth Orchestra
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| 7. | Weller Never Did
Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests
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| 8. | Ghosts
Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests
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| 9. | Little Nell
Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests
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| 10. | The Cave Of Montesinos
John Dankworth Orchestra
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| 11. | Madonna
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 12. | Theme: Way With The Stars
The John Dankworth Orchestra With Guests
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| 13. | Sagittarius
The John Dankworth Orchestra With Guests
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| 14. | Modesty Blaise Theme
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 15. | Darling Theme
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 16. | All Gone [Theme from The Servant]
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 17. | Fighting The Flab
The Dankworth Big Band
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| 18. | Brass Roots [from Lifeline Suite]
The Dankworth Big Band
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| 19. | Winter Scene
John Dankworth And His Orchestra
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| 3. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Let's Slip Away
Cleo Laine
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| 2. | You&
Cleo Laine
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| 3. | You've Done Something To My Heart
Cleo Laine with the Keith Christie Quintet
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| 4. | It Was A Lover And His Lass
Cleo Laine
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| 5. | Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day &
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| 6. | O Tell Me The Truth About Love
Cleo Laine
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| 7. | Peel Me A Grape
Cleo Laine
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| 8. | Bill
Cleo Laine
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| 9. | If
Cleo Laine and John Williams
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| 10. | Summertime
Cleo Laine and Ray Charles
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| 11. | Bess, You Is My Woman
Cleo Laine and Ray Charles
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| 12. | He Was Beautiful
Cleo Laine and John Williams
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| 13. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Cleo Laine
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| 14. | Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Cleo Laine with Clark Terry and Mark Whitfield
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| 15. | Walkin' Shoes
Cleo Laine with Gerry Mulligan
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| 16. | Thieving Boy
Cleo Laine
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| 17. | Born On A Friday
Cleo Laine
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| 18. | On A Clear Day
Cleo Laine
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| 19. | Ridin' High
Cleo Laine
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| 20. | Play It Again Sam
Cleo Laine and Dudley Moore
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| 4. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Woman Talk
Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth
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| 2. | No One Is Alone
Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth
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| 3. | Son Of Sparky
The John Dankworth Quintet
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| 4. | Wond'rin' A Little
John Dankworth and Julian Lloyd Webber
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| 5. | Emily
The Alec And John Dankworth Generation Big Band
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| 6. | The Maggot
The Alec And John Dankworth Generation Big Band
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| 7. | A Child Is Born
Cleo Laine
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| 8. | Around The Track
The Alec And John Dankworth Generation Big Band
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| 9. | Jelly Mould Blues
The Alec And John Dankworth Generation Big Band
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| 10. | Sinner's Rue
Cleo Laine
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| 11. | Once Upon A Time
Cleo Laine
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| 12. | Over Hill, Over Dale
Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth
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| 13. | Don't Mention It
The John Dankworth Quintet
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| 14. | Dreams Of Castilla
Alec Dankworth and Cleo Laine
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| 15. | Los Cuatro Muleros
Alec Dankworth and Emily Dankworth
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Jazz
Veritable national treasures, Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth have made noteworthy recordings in each of the last seven decades, and they remain as artistically active as they have ever been. This collection brings together tracks from throughout their remarkable careers, combining their finest solo sides along with collaborations with each other, their family and a stellar cast of friends (Ray Charles, John Williams, Dudley Moore and Julian Llyod Webber, to name but a few). From Cleo's glorious interpretations of the standards to John's stunning small group, big band and soundtrack performances, here is the definitive celebration of their incredible contribution to music in Britain and beyond.
"...a valuable retrospective..."
Celebrating their 80th birthdays this year, both Dankworth and Laine's careers shows no evidence of slowing down. From the Kennedy Center to the Albert Hall they maintain their dizzying schedule, as well as continuing their commitment to The Stables in Wavendon, their recently refurbished performance centre near Milton Keynes.
This four CD set, with helpful notes by Jazzwise writer Alyn Shipton, is a valuable retrospective that stretches back to 1944 on 'Early Days'(disc 1) documenting Dankworth's first professional job (on clarinet) with traditional jazz artist Freddy Mirfield. Just five years later he had absorbed the nomenclature of bebop, and examples of him with Victor Feldman and with his Club XI Quartet attest to his fast developing skills as an instrumentalist. There is a good representation of the Dankworth Seven whose sound was based on the Birth of Cool band, but then so was Shorty Rogers and the Giants, and curiously the Dankwoth Seven often sounds more Rogers West Coast than Davis east Coast - no matter because there are excellent versions of 'The Slider', 'Leon Bismark' and 'I Hear Music' that have a clarity and transparency in their writing that from this distance still sounds refreshing. In 1953 came the Dankworth big band and disc 2, Big band and the Movies, which considering the paucity of available material from this period might have been extended over two CDs rather than one, opens with the hit singles 'Experiments With Mice', which still retains its humour across the decades through Dankworth's witty and inventive writing, and three tracks from the incredibly rare London to Newport album on Top Rank which documents Dankworth's appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1959. His second hit, 'African Waltz' has no real improvising , but is powerful big band jazz for all that. Key tracks from What the Dickens!, Zodiac Variations, The Million Dollar Collection and Lifeline plus movie themes such as Modesty Blaise and Theme from the Servant round out the second volume. Focus on Cleo (disc 3) curiously omits 'If Music Be the Food of Love' from Shakespeare and All That Jazz, but does include the striking 'Shall I Compare to a Summer's Day'. There are collaborations with John Williams, Ray Charles, Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan and Dudley Moore, and a stunning version of 'Riding High' that contributed to Dankworth's success with American audiences. A Family Affair (disc 4) includes pieces from 1966 to 2005 with Alec, Jacqui and Emily Dankworth, and the Generation Big Band, that taken together with the previous volumes attest to a remarkable career by a remarkable couple who have left an indelible mark on the ledger of British jazz.
4 Stars
Stuart Nicholson
Jazzwise
...Defying the ravages of time are the king and queen of British jazz, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, who are celebrating their respective 80th birthdays. To mark both auspicious occasions is a newly released 4CD box set. It contains rare early material by the couple (going back to the 40s and 50s)as well as later, more recent, collaborations with their children Jacqui and Alec Dankworth. Jazz critic Alyn Shipton provides perceptive liner notes.
4 stars
Charles Waring
Record Collector
The band leader John Dankworth and his wife of nearly 50 years, the singer Cleo Laine, have been making music for even longer than they have been married. A smattering of their combined output is featured on this fascinating four-CD set, which covers the couple's lives and music over more then half a century. An extremely compelling historical document.
Album of the week (20 October 2007)
Roger Trapp
The Independent
"...an excellent set..."
To mark the 80th birthdays of Dame Cleo and Sir John, Union Square's Salvo imprint pushes the boat out with this four-CD and 64-page book set. The couple - who have been married since 1958 - have worked extensively together and apart, with Dankworth's brilliant early originals like Experiments With Mice and African Waltz matched by Laine's Peel Me A Grape and If. Collaborations with the likes of Ray Charles, Dudley Moore and John Williams complete and excellent set.
A. Jones
Music Week
"...not only is it a history of John and Cleo, it's like a history of British jazz..."
This box set is a great idea in charting the history of two of Britain's greatest musicians in chronological order across 60 years. Indeed, not only is it a history of John and Cleo, it's like a history of British jazz. the four discs have distinct flavours and number one covers the period from 1944 to '56 and opens with John as part of Freddie Mirfield's Dixieland band, followed by him in Benny Goodman mode and then it's on to the Sevens and early moves into bop. He sounds good with a feel for Parker, although with a much lighter tone. Ronnie Scott? (I think) on tenor also sounds great. Cleo, who must have been a mere 23 when she recorded 'Easy Living' and the difficult 'Lush life' sounds like a mature, seasoned pro. Her gorgeous, rich, sonorous voice more than hinting at what was to come. Frank Holder is herad too although in dance band vein without an inkling of the good jazz vocalist he later became. And there are a few cracking big band tunes that Woody Herman would not have been ashamed of.
The second disc concentrates on big band cuts and music from film and TV. There is a roaring live recording from the Newport Jazz Festival in '59 of 'Firth of Fourths' which stands comparison with anything of that time, and to think that we had Vic Lewis, Ted Heath, Jack Parnell, The Squads, Oscar Rabin all on the go too. Golden days indeed for big bands. I just wish I knew who the high note trumpet was. Dons Rendell and Weller are there and I guess Jimmy Deuchar too, and the trumpet section sounds terrific. I'd forgotten too just how innovative 'Three Blind Mice' was and just how good a arranger JD was.
Disc three is devoted to Cleo and it's not really a jazz singer album. What it is however is an album of songs by a magnificent singer who can cover all styles with equal facility. Her four octave range means she can do it all - ballads with John Williams, superior pop, jazz on 'Sit Right Down', on which she and John play a wonderful unison passage, and she can be down and dirty on 'Born On A Friday' live from Carnegie Hall. Her sheer class shows through everything she does. It might well be that her versatility held her back from proper recognition as a "jazz" singer. But as a singer she beats the rest hands down.
The fourth disc concentrates on the dankworth family including Alec and Jacqui. There are three tracks featuring the two singers and some by the quintet, but for real jazz look to the Generation Big Band, especially "The Maggot", nine minutes of superb, swinging jazz. A history of John and Cleo, or a history of British Jazz throught their eyes? Either way it's a valuable excercise and an excellent box set.
Mike Rogers
Jazz Review
"...Beautifully packaged..."
There are no musicians in British jazz better known and more respected than Dame Cleo Laine and Sir john Dankworth. They have both recently celebrated their 80th birthdays and this beautifully packaged 4-CD box set is a fitting tribute.
Disc One features the early years, while Disc Two has John's big band and soundtrack recordings. Disc Three focuses on Cleo Laine, including her big 1961 hit You'll Answer To Me, and tracks from her collaboration with Ray Charles from their Porgy and Bess album. Disc Four is a family affair with contributions from their children, Alec and Jacqui.
This is one of the best presentation boxsets around.
Bev Bevan
Birmingham Mail
"...just the right size..."
A four-CD set is just about the right size for two of this country’s weightiest exports. Dame Cleo’s admirers will zero in on the third disc’s explorations of the fringes of swing and upmarket pop: Ray Charles provides the grit on two songs from the Porgy and Bess album. The opening volume, largely devoted to vintage Dankworth band material from the 1940s and 1950s, is a brisk snapshot of a formative era in UK jazz. Lots of Ellington pastiche elsewhere, and a glimpse of the saxophonist’s film scores. The final disc shows the next generation stepping forward, with the couple’s son, Alec Dankworth, and his sister, Jacqui.
4 stars
Clive Davis
The Times Online
"...the first couple of British jazz..."
Cleo Laine and John Dankworth are unquestionably the first couple of British jazz, though this four-CD set charting their careers from the end of the Second World War has been oddly weighted, thanks to the final disc's focus on their work with their children Alec and Emily, a dynastic touch that doesn't impress as much as their early achievements. Dankworth is depicted as the UK's foremost post-war jazz arranger, whether writing for his small group, bebop ensemble, or full orchestra - his arrangement of "African Waltz" may be the closest British equivalent to Brubeck's "Take Five". Particularly intriguing here is "The Cave of Montesinos", the sole inclusion from "Windmill Tilter", a suite written by his trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, based on Don Quixote and recorded with John McLaughlin and Dave Holland, while Laine's delivery of WH Auden's "O Tell Me The Truth About Love" demonstrates her elegant versatility.
3 stars
The Independent
"...a jazz history lesson..."
Beautifully packaged (and excellent value) 4xCD box-set – with extensively researched notes by writer Alyn Shipton - celebrating the 80th birthdays of Cleo Laine & John Dankworth, stretching all the way back to Dankworth’s first recorded output in 1944 and taking us right up to 2005 (touching on trad, bebop, big band and soundtrack work) alongside link-ups with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Dudley Moore, Julian Lloyd Webber, John Williams and of course each other (and their equally gifted children). If you want a jazz history lesson you really can do no better than start right here with the royal family of UK jazz.
---Paul Riley, www.totalmusicmagazine.com
Cleo Laine
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 28, 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Bop, Cool, Ballads, Jazz-Pop, Traditional Pop
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.
---John Bush, All Music Guide
John Dankworth
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Cool
Most of the world knows Dankworth best as Cleo Laine's longtime husband and accompanist, but he's been a steady, if not especially inventive player for many decades. He started his career in novelty and traditional ensemble called The Garbage Men led by Freddy Mirfield. Dankworth studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1944 - 1946, then took playing jobs on transatlantic liners in order to come to America and hear jazz. He switched to alto sax in the late '40s, aand in 1948 was a founding member of the Club Eleven. He began the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950, and from 1953 to 1964 led a large jazz band featuring his wife Cleo Laine. A numbe of top players passed through, among them Derek Smith, Alan Branscombe, Danny Moss, Peter King, Ronnie Ross and current comic/actor Dudley Moore. Dankworth became Laine's music director in 1971 and trimmed the band down to 10 pieces. Then in the early '80s he formed a touring quintet. Dankworth's profile as a composer is bigger than as a player; he's written operatic works, pieces for a jazz band with symphony orchestra and film scores. He and Laine formed The Wavendon Allmusic Plan, a cultural organization attracting international performers from every sphere appearing in its 300 seat concert hall, in 1969. Dankworth has also done hundreds of lectures and conducted classes, workshops and seminars. He was honored for his contributions to jazz in England in 1974.
--- Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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