Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember the first time I heard Cleo sing. Amazing range; from the basement to the penthouse. Someone once old me, "three octaves plus...". Comfortable and confident throughout her range with dynamics to match. And for sure soulful. Even in my late teens in the US, I knew who Johnny was. Reminds me of another British contribution to Jazz: Gil Evans, who gave our Miles Davis a major showcase when he really needed to move through The Cool and into the Subliime. Bob Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Feb 7, 2010, at 8:03 AM, John Edwin Mason wrote: > Charlie wrote: > >> Yesterday, sadly one of the post war Jazz legends passed away. What a >> wonderful musician and composer - an icon of the 50s, 60s and 70s. I >> saw him last year at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival with his wife Cleo >> Laine. >> http://topoxforddoc.zenfolio.com/p352195304 > > Sad, indeed. > > Your post inspired me to dig out "Spotlight on Cleo Laine," one of the > first jazz LPs I bought, in about '74. Dankworth and his orchestra show > up on many of the tracks, of course. > > It was nice to be reminded that they made such wonderful music together. > > --John > > ****************************** > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information