Prom 35: John Dankworth and Cleo Laine

Time: 7.30pm - c10.00pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Tickets £6-£27.50 price code A or Prom for £5

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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

Detailed notes about the music will be available one hour before the concert.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

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