LONDON (AP) — Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many ...

Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, was not only the best jazz vocalist that Britain ever produced, ...

I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...

Dame Cleo Laine has died at age 97. Her death was announced by The Stables, the music venue that she and her husband, Sir ...

A Briton with a smoky voice, she recorded albums across six decades, toured the world and acted in “Edwin Drood.” ...

On Friday, Cleo Laine's death was confirmed by the Stables, a British arts center that she founded with her late husband, ...

Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.’s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home ...

Dame Cleo Laine, the ‘First Lady of Jazz’, dies aged 97 - She became a dame in the 1997 Birthday Honours list.

Popular English actress and jazz singer Cleo Laine, born Clementine Dinah Hitching, has passed away at the age of 97.

Dame Cleo Laine, the Grammy-winning jazz singer renowned for her astonishing vocal range, scat singing mastery, and ...