CLEO
LAINE & JOHN DANKWORTH TO PERFORM FOR PRICE CENTER BENEFIT
Greater
Boston's annual gala for the Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center
will this year feature Cleo Laine & John Dankworth on Friday, October
22nd at THE HOLIDAY INN - BROOKLINE (1200 Beacon Street, Brookline,
MA - FrankTix: 781-239-1480). This annual evening fundraiser featuring
dinner and a gala party followed by a great, great show will again
be hosted by WGBH-FM's Ron Della Chiesa and will raise vital funds
for the Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center, Inc., a non-profit organization
with facilities located in West Newton, Brookline, and Dedham, Massachusetts.
Tickets start at $150.00 via FrankTix. Tickets may also be purchased
by mail by sending a check or money order for the total amount of
the tickets to be purchased, [made out to the Barry L. Price Center
Fundraiser] to The Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center, 38 Border
Street, West Newton, MA 02165.
All gala
attendees will enjoy an lavish pre-concert buffet dinner accompanied
by rhythm and blues favorites, The G Clefs in the hotel lobby. The
buffet will feature fine cuisines of all kinds, caviar, cocktails,
fine wines, coffees, and extravagant desserts of all kinds, beginning
at 7:00 P.M. Cleo Laine & John Dankworth are scheduled to perform
at 9:30 pm in the hotel ballroom with their band.
From her
modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, Cleo Laine has
gone on to achieve international fame by continually expanding her
talents in a career which spans some four decades. She is one of the
most celebrated singers of our time. Cleo commands a dazzling array
of vocal styles and is the only singer ever to receive Grammy nominations
in the Female Jazz, Popular, and Classical categories.
Laine began
her musical career in the early 50s in her native England, where she
was born in a London suburb. Cleo showed early singing talent which
was nurtured by her Jamaican father and English mother who sent her
to singing and dancing lessons. However, it wasn't until her mid-twenties
that she seriously applied herself to singing and auditioned for the
hugely successful British band led by the acclaimed John Dankworth.
Cleo toured extensively with the band and in 1958, she married Dankworth,
which strengthened their bond as personal and professional collaborators.
Together they have toured the world with sold-out engagements betore
enthusiastic audiences.
In a career
that spans more than forty years as a composer, performer and conductor,
John Dankworth combines confidence and virtuosity with eclecticism
and unpredictability to continually cross conventional musical boundaries.
It is unlikely that there is a British musician better known for a
wider range of musical activities than Dankworth.
In addition
to his recording and composing activities, John criss-crosses the
continents performing with his jazz ensemble, big band and as pops
music conductor of many of the world's great symphonies. He also devotes
a large part of his season to touring engagements with his wife, the
distinguished "First Lady of Jazz," Miss Cleo Laine. This past year,
their collaborations in the U.S. included the Carnegie Hall JVC Jazz
Festival and some thirty engagements across the country in performing
arts centers and as guest artists with symphony orchestras. As part
of this season's itinerary, they will embark on a ten-city tour with
the Ellington Orchestra, in support of their new disk for RCA Victor
entitled "Solitude" which features all Duke Ellington music. Whether
with his baton, saxophone or clarinet he has been recognized as one
of the world's most outstanding musicians. For the past few years
he has been honored at the prestigious British Jazz Awards, receiving
the 1991 award for band leader and last season for his musical arrangements.
The Barry
L. Price Center provides support services to adults with developmental
disabilities. Individuals are provided opportunities in community-based
work as well as treatment and living environments aimed to enhance
self confidence and to maximize independence.
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