Prom 35: John Dankworth and Cleo Laine August 8, 2007

From Bards to Blues

John Dankworth
Shakespeare and All That Jazz – excerpts
Ellington
Such Sweet Thunder

Interval

John Dankworth
The Million Dollar Collection
The Blues Ain't (lyrics by Duncan Lamont; world premiere)
Strayhorn
Take the A Train (new arrangement by John Dankworth)

Cleo Laine singer
Soweto Kinch saxophone
Tommy Smith saxophone
Guy Barker trumpet

John Dankworth Quintet

BBC Big Band
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Dankworth musical director

Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/0808.shtml