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Dame Cleo Laine Tribute

Jamie pays tribute to the great Dame Cleo Laine, who passed away last week, including excerpts from a 2012 interview and live session which marked her 85th birthday.

Jamie pays tribute to one of the most celebrated figures in British jazz - the singer and actress Dame Cleo Laine, who died last week.
He plays excerpts from a very special 2012 interview in which she looks back over her career and at some of the famous names she worked with.
During the interview, originally broadcast to mark her 85th birthday, Dame Cleo joins Jamie at the Radio 2 piano for two unmissable duets.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Jul 2025 21:00

Music Played

  • Cleo Laine

    Let's Slip Away

    • Love For Sale.
    • Rabbit Musik.
  • Cleo Laine & John Dankworth

    I Got Rhythm

  • Cleo Laine & John Dankworth

    Woman Talk (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Jazz 625 Archive Session)

  • Cleo Laine

    Crush On You (Live from Maida Vale, Radio 2 Session, 2012)

  • Cleo Laine & Jamie Cullum

    But Not For Me (Live - Radio 2 Session, 2012)

  • Cleo Laine

    Perdido

  • Cleo Laine & Ray Charles

    Summertime

    • True Genius.
    • Tangerine Records.
  • Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth Seven

    Lush Life

    • Get Happy.
  • Cleo Laine, Jamie Cullum & Alec Dankworth

    Talk To Me Baby (Live - Radio 2 Session, October 2012)

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Jul 2025 21:00