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18 Nov 12	Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L1295452184

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A thrilling night of musical excellence. Her prolific career has seen her play all over the world from English dance halls to London's Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie to the Blue Note Cafe. She's been on stage, on Broadway to London's West End, done opera and the BBC. The wife of the late Sir Johnny Dankworth, she initially me the musician when she auditioned for a place in the Johnny Dankworth Seven, at that time one of Britain's best jazz groups. Cleo's records continue to be distributed worldwide. Her 1990 "Woman to Woman" album merited "five stars out of a possible four" according to the US magazine Jazz Times. The album "Jazz" reached number five in the US jazz radio play charts, and "Nothing without You", a duet compilation with Mel Torme, reached the Billboard Top Ten in 1992, remaining in the charts for several months.