Dankworth

The clarinetist, sax player and composer Sir John Phillip

William Dankworth CBE was a jazz man through and through,

and a very great one at that.

Sir Johnny

Better known to his audiences simply as Johnny Dankworth,

he played with all the greats from Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong

and Duke Ellington to Sidney Bechet and Zoot Sims.

He married jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine in 1958 and

together they really rocked.

The price of chips if you're interested.

Well that's all very nice Julia, but where is all this going?

It's got nothing to do with cross stitch or the price of chips.

An artist's impression of Dankworth

But that's where you'd be wrong.  Johnny's band was loud and

magical so what better moniker than Dankworth could I give to

the latest fabulous band sampler to join the Long Dog stables?

The real thing having a lay-down in my conservatory

The brassy young Dankworth measures 125 x 254 stitches

and comes with DMC and Gentle Art conversions all for the

very foot tapping price of £9.00.  It would be so cool, and

possibly even groovy,  to add it to your stash ......

jools@longdogsampler.com