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 Vocal Performance category.

Cleo Laine, cuya voz de contralto ronca era una de las más distintivas del jazz y quien fue considerada por muchos como la mayor contribución de Gran

Cleo Laine, who was married to and performed with fellow jazz musician John Dankworth, has died, according to the U.K. music venue they'd founded.