Jacqui Dankworth at Martin Hall Theatre

Musicality is in the genes of Jacqui Dankworth, being the daughter of jazz musician and composer Sir John Dankworth and singer Dame Cleo Laine. No wonder that she’s is considered to be one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK. Known mainly as a jazz singer, she just as easily sings folk or semi classical work and has cooperated with a broad strand of artists, such as the Brodsky Quartet, Courtney Pine and the legendary Gregory Porter. Tonight she will perform a varied programme including Gershwin and Cole Porter, as well as some of her own and her father’s work and arrangements by her husband Charlie Wood. ...

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Musicality is in the genes of Jacqui Dankworth, being the daughter of jazz musician and composer Sir John Dankworth and singer Dame Cleo Laine. No wonder that she’s is considered to be one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK. Known mainly as a jazz singer, she just as easily sings folk or semi classical work and has cooperated with a broad strand of artists, such as the Brodsky Quartet, Courtney Pine and the legendary Gregory Porter. Tonight she will perform a varied programme including Gershwin and Cole Porter, as well as some of her own and her father’s work and arrangements by her husband Charlie Wood.

According to the Guardian ‘she exhibits a subtle control of dynamics and a voluptuous tonal richness that seems to make almost any material sound special’.
You can imagine that we are very much looking forward to this show!

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