From the archives: Jazz singer Cleo Laine and musician John Dankworth

British singer Cleo Laine, one of the vital distinctive voices in jazz, died on Friday, July 25, 2025, at age 97. On this “Sunday Morning” report from Sept. 30, 1990, correspondent Billy Taylor spoke with Laine and her husband, musician John Dankworth, about their drive for musical variety, from jazz and opera to Broadway. Taylor additionally experiences on the couple’s backing of Jazz FM, a just-launched British radio station dedicated to jazz, and the music faculty Laine and Dankworth based, at which they convey a invaluable lesson to aspiring instrumentalists and singers: “Do not ever copy anyone.”