Sweet Devotion ♫ Jacqui Dankworth

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From the album “Live To Love” 2013
Composed By : Jacqui Dankworth / Malcom Edmonstone

Credits

Daniel Rowland Violin
Chris Wood Organ, Fender Rhodes
Ralph Salmins Drums
Jacqueline Thomas Cello
Chris Allard Guitar (Acoustic), Soloist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Wood Organ, Composer, Vocals (Background), Arranger, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Soloist, Vocal Arrangement
Paul Clarvis Percussion
Geoff Gascoyne Arranger, Bass (Electric), Celeste, Composer, Producer, Bass (Acoustic), Mastering, Mixing, Soloist, Synthesizer Programming
Ben Castle Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Jacqui Dankworth Composer, Vocals
Ian Belton Violin
Paul Cassidy Viola

Born 5 February 1963 in Northampton (Northamptonshire, England), Jaqui Dankworth is a British jazz singer. She is the daughter of jazz singer Cleo Laine and musician John Dankworth.

Jacqui Dankworth is one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK. Her concert appearances and her stylistically diverse recordings showcase her virtuosic, seemingly effortless mastery of a wide spectrum of genres. Known primarily as a jazz singer, Jacqui’s unique musical palette also draws on folk, soul, classical, blues, and numerous other influences.

Jacqui’s CD « Live To Love » has garnered rave reviews and features many of her own original compositions.

Recent concert appearances have included New Year’s Eve 2014 with the Liverpool Philharmonic, a special performance of her “Songs Of Stage and Screen” programme with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Cadogan Hall in London with members the RPO and the BBC Big Band, and as guest vocalist on Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night. In 2013, Jacqui appeared as Eleanor in The Opera Company’s new production of Alben Berg’s Lulu (entitled “American Lulu”) with the London Sinfonietta. Tour dates included the Edinburgh Festival, the Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria, and the Young Vic in London.

Jacqui has performed and recorded with a diverse array of celebrated musicians, including the Brodsky Quartet, Courtney Pine, Marvin Hamlisch, Paloma Faith, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Gretchen Parlato, Clare Teale, Georgie Fame, David Gordon, Charlie Wood, Gregory Porter, The London Symphony Orchestra, and legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea.

Jacqui is constantly touring and performing with her own band throughout the UK and is currently at work on her next album, to be released in 2016.

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