John Dankworth & Cleo Laine

[Mark Stanton]

Gotta agree with Norman and Mr Grunt          

Ray Cooper is just the top man with anything percussive, he may not have the big name of others but he's the one that often provides the beat for the names    

and Cleo doing her shoooby skoooobeeee = AAAAAGGGGHHH                

"Don't be a Hero" Mr Green                

[pistonbroke]

Dankworth and Cleo lane both well into ther 80's and still performing on an international stage , there combined talents have inspired countless Pop stars and musicians.

Cleo Lane didnt just sing scat style (doobe doobe doo ) ( when she did, was accompanied by Dankworth and would echo every note played on the sax ,perfect pitch and a vocal range that spanned 3 octaves . She could sing any style , no recording studio sound mixers / dubbers , umpteen takes or whatever needed , just got up and did the business

   

Husband Johnny Dankworth composed songs , TV themes and film music .

Living legends  

[Stuart]

I like a bit of jazz meself.  But I think you either love Cleo's voice or hate it.  And afraid I'm in the hate camp - she may be perfect technically but I just can't stand her voice and never have been able to.

[Bob Green]

I agree about the drummers, Bob, don't forget Gene Krupa. Joe Morello and his chums in Brubeck's quartet, especially Paul Desmond and his fantastic fluid sax, sealed my life-long love of jazz.  

Gene Krupa……………. Thanks for sparking the memory box although I always believed Gene was more “Big Band” rather than someone playing in an intimate room such as Ronnie Scotts.

I remember taking my drum kit into the front room where my mother would play “Take Five” on the piano.  I nailed that one until she played “Unsquare Dance”.  Not so easy!

I do agree with Mark about the “shooby dooby” thing.  On TV it doesn’t come across well but hear it live, well it comes over on a different level.

[V8grunt]

Dankworth and Cleo lane both well into ther 80's and still performing on an international stage,

   

Living legends  

6th Febuary 2010 Mean anything to you?    

[pistonbroke]

Dankworth famously got booked for speeding , his defence was that when driving , rather than watch the speedo,  he listened to the sound of his gearbox whining which at 30mph played A flat  

As a point of interest it was Louis (Satchelmouth)  Armstrong who invented scat singing when he forgot the words to a song in mid performance .So he "scoo be dood" to the tune , brought the house down,  and from that day on kept it in the act .

Another Living Legend who went on into his eighties  

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Gene Krupa……………. Thanks for sparking the memory box although I always believed Gene was more “Big Band” rather than someone playing in an intimate room such as Ronnie Scotts.

How about with the Benny Goodman trio / quartet  

[Lurksalot]

I think all this great drummer talk needs a reference point ......

How do you know when the stage is level ............

The drummer dribbles out of both sides of his mouth at the same time    

AS for the technical prowess of the Dankworths, I know not and am not really qualified to judge , however the sound of them is not something I relish .

[Mark Stanton]

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Living legends

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6th Febuary 2010 Mean anything to you?

would that be when just legend was more appropriate    

[Bob Green]

"scoo be dood" to the tune

Frank done that as well.

[cidersurfer]

Missed it but, come on, Ghostbusters was on Fiver!

[pistonbroke]

6th Febuary 2010 Mean anything to you?

would that be when just legend was more appropriate    

Nope , Louis was a legend while he was still stil living , thus he was a "living legend "