From Bards to Blues

Alternative title

BBC Proms 2007 Prom 35

Synopsis

A live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Geoffrey Smith. Jazz musicians John Dankworth and Cleo Laine celebrate their 80th birthdays with a combination of Shakespeare and jazz. Dankworth performs Duke Ellington’s Shakespearean suite Such Sweet Thunder and fashions his own blues settings out of the rhythm and moods of Shakespeare’s works in a sequence entitled ‘Shakespeare and all that Jazz’. John Dankworth directs the John Dankworth Quintet, BBC Big Band, and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Notes

Relayed live from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Subjects

Music

Keywords

jazz; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations

Credits

Music

Duke Ellington; Johnny Dankworth

Contributor

Geoffrey Smith

Cast

Cleo Laine
Johnny Dankworth

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

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Fax

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