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Written by Liz Thomson
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The death of the great Sir John Dankworth was properly marked in the press and on TV. For so long the presiding genius of the British jazz scene, he was a much-respected performer, composer and teacher, who established the jazz course at the staid old Royal Academy of Music, where he himself had been taught. A friend of mine, who studied sax with him in the late 1960s and early 70s, recalled how Cleo Laine would often join the class, singing with the students, just for the fun of it.
Sir John and Dame Cleo – who were honoured late in life, much later than they should have been – represented the best of jazz in Britain. Indeed they were jazz in Britain, brilliant, inspiring, unassuming. Only when they were both in their mid-60s did they each write a memoir. Jordan, at half that age, has given us how many volumes so far?
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Written by Liz Thomson
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Gallic Books, "the publisher that brings the best of French writing to English-speaking readers", is to advertise on fast-growing music streaming website Spotify, which has almost three million users in the UK.
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