Sir John Dankworth & Dame Cleo Laine/London Jazz festival | Jazz review

Various venuesSonny Rollins won a standing ovation for the storm of sound he unleashed on the London Jazz festival a week ago. In the event's last days, Sir John Dankworth played just one tender tune on the alto saxophone, and the Royal Festival Hall, to a man, woman and child, rose to give the same accolade. Dankworth's recent hospitalisation had threatened to rule him out of this long-planned concert with his wife Cleo Laine, daughter Jacqui and son Alec, plus a big band, choir and string quar...

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