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'First Lady of Jazz' dies
Western Mail
|July 26, 2025
VETERAN jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, famed for her scat singing style, has died at the age of 97.
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Nicknamed the First Lady of Jazz, she was a leading figure of the British jazz music scene along with her late husband, saxophonist Sir John Dankworth, for many years and worked with the likes of Ray Charles and Fr
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