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John Dankworth
Sign in to saveAlso known as Johnny Dankworth, John Phillip William Dankworth, John Philip William Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Folk Mass, for choir and congregation, with Anglican & Catholic texts
- Sax from the Start
- Tom Sawyer's Saturday, for narrator and orchestra
- Jazz in Revolution
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,749
- Total plays
- 35,612
Tags
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Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), known in his early career as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. He was the husband of jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, who survives him; they married in 1958. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Dankworth">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Walthamstow
- Spouse
- Cleo Laine
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Employer
- Gresham College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- cool jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Parlophone
- Image
- John-dankworth-buxton-opera-house.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1927-09-20
- date of death
- 2010-02-06
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- Commons category
- John Dankworth
- P12749
- parish
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- kidney failure
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