Oliver  Weindling writes: Cleo Laine, who has died at the age of 97, brought jazz singing in the UK right up-to-date, when working mainly with her husband John Dankworth. And […]

Oliver Weindling writes: If you met Sonny Blacks, you immediately felt you were in the presence of calypsonian royalty! He came to England in 1960 and brought the first steel […]