Dame Cleo Laine
May 28, 2018•28 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
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.
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android