Alec Dankworth

Alec Dankworth (born 14 May 1960) is an English jazz bassist and composer. Dankworth was born in London, the son of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. He grew up in the villages of Aspley Guise and Wavendon, living at the Old Rectory, Wavendon, where his parents established the Wavendon All-Music Plan (WAP) which includes the Stables Theatre. After attending Bedford School, he studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, and then joined his parents' quintet. Between 1980 and 1983 he toured the United States, Australia, and Europe with them, going on to work with Tommy Chase, the BBC Radio Big Band, and Clark Tracey, with whom he recorded two albums. Dankworth recorded Duke Ellington's Black, Brown, and Beige...