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John Dankworth. Music Department: Fathom. Attended the Royal Academy of Music beginning at the age of 17. His first American professional appearance occurred at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959. He founded the London Symphony Orchestra's Pops Program and served as the orchestra's Pops Musical Director.
Feb 7, 2010 · British jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and band leader. Often known as Johnny Dankworth. Co-founder of Music Activity Management in 1966. Born: 20 September 1927, Woodford, Essex, England, UK. Died: 7 February 2010, Marylebone, London, England, UK (age 82). Husband of jazz singer Cleo Laine.
Johnny Dankworth was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. He was evacuated to Leominster with the George Monoux School during the Second World War. Born in Woodford, Essex, Johnny Dankworth grew up in Chingford.
Dec 19, 2013 · Born in 1927, Johnny Dankworth was a regular at Club Eleven, the birthplace of British modern jazz, on its formation in 1948. A talented alto sax and clarinet player he became a very successful band leader, composer and arranger.
Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine , he was a music educator and also her music director.
Feb 11, 2010 · One of Britain's best-known jazz musicians, composers and commentators, Dankworth continues to be a clarinettist and alto saxophonist of invention and fire, but with a particularly light and ...
Feb 8, 2010 · Saxophonist Sir John Dankworth, one of the leading figures in British jazz for more than half a century, has died, his agent …
Mar 2, 1986 · Michael Parkinson's castaway is jazz musician John Dankworth. Show more. John Dankworth studied music at the Royal Academy when jazz was not an approved subject - "I used to pretend my...
Feb 8, 2010 · 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...
John Dankworth. Music Department: Fathom. Attended the Royal Academy of Music beginning at the age of 17. His first American professional appearance occurred at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959. He founded the London Symphony Orchestra's Pops Program and served as the orchestra's Pops Musical Director.
