Cleo Laine – review

Cheltenham Town HallThe 2011 Cheltenham Jazz festival, curated by the springheeled Jamie Cullum and packed with young stars, opened with one of the oldest still working. But, since you could close your eyes while the octogenarian Dame Cleo Laine was ushering in Creole Love Call and hear a voice almost as fresh as the 26-year-old Adelaide Hall's on the original Duke Ellington recording, she was the perfect festival opener.The first half was a businesslike set of pieces by Ellington and the late S...

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