Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)

Subject: Obit Johnny Dankworth
From: Emma B
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:26 PM

"Sir John Dankworth, who died today aged 82, was one of the totemic
figures of British jazz, the first major jazz musician and the first British bebopper to be knighted, a leading musician, who with his wife Dame Cleo Laine, became known to the broader public beyond the jazz world and to an international audience"

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth
From: Paul Burke
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 08:56 PM

Excellent musician, not quite the Ewan McColl of British jazz, but certainly one of the best known.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: My guru always said
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:19 AM

Very sad to see this, my condolences to his wife and family.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:24 AM

I'm sad he's gone. I'm sure music will live on through the Dankworth family. My condolences to his family and friends.
RIP Mr. Dankworth.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:28 AM

Last saw him play a couple of years ago at the Stables when he was "persuaded" to jam with the band backing Lilian Boutte at one of the Sunday lunch outdoor picnic concerts. Still playing well then.

RtS

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Tug the Cox
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:39 AM

Another great loss.....some people seem to have always been here, part of the music fabric..Johnny and Cleo were in that class.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: bubblyrat
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:19 AM

RIP Johnny,always a favourite as a child & teenager----but you're in good company with Ian Carmichael ( just read it in "The Times").

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Lox
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 11:25 AM

Sad news indeed.

"Excellent musician, not quite the Ewan McColl of British jazz, but certainly one of the best known."

The Ewen MacColl of British Jazz is Dankworths Piano player Eddie Harvey.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: alanabit
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 01:25 PM

I know for a fact that he and Cleo Laine gave a lot of support and encouragement to many young folk singers and musicians. He was clearly one of the good guys and I am sure he will be missed by many.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 05:19 PM

Well, he was in his 80s, still playing, so I think he had a lovely life, doing what he loved..

I used to love watching he and Cleo, I thought she was so pretty, with the *most* amazing voice! As Tug says, Johnnie seems to have always been there, along with Cleo.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Gurney
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:29 PM

An achieving family. Sir John, Dame Cleo. Their sons are jazzmen, too.
Cleo got the news when she was onstage, and announced it.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: bubblyrat
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 12:54 PM

No,she knew before the show,actually,but didn't reveal the news about John's death until the show was over ; apparently,she didn't know if she'd be able to perform like that without breaking down,but in the end she coped,somehow;a quite remarkable achievement by any standards,but then,as she said,that's how her husband would have wanted it.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: Dave Roberts
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 01:59 PM

Very sad news. Another giant of music gone. R.I.P.

Subject: RE: Obit Johnny Dankworth (6 Feb 2010)
From: JohnB
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:55 PM

Sad.
JohnB