THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 TAG: 9507110003
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
In Ricky Wright's review of the Hampton Jazz Festival, (June 26), he thoroughly panned the magnificent performances of Cleo Laine and John Dankworth with The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Mr. Wright's accusations were read with no small amount of shock.
Ms. Laine is one of the world's greatest jazz vocalists and her husband, John, is a well-respected saxophonist and professor at The Royal Academy of Music in London.
At no point in the show was the band's ``momentum'' lost, and at no point in the show was Cleo Laine ``unconvincing.''
Quite the contrary.
LARRY ELLINGTON
Norfolk, June 26, 1995 by CNB