The drummer Tony Kinsey was the last surviving member of the Johnny Dankworth Seven, as it then was, when they were auditioning for a female vocalist. Unanimously they chose Cleo Laine, and her eventual marriage to Dankworth resulted in a jazz dynasty.
Nigel Tully
Tony Kinsey’s jazz group provided the music in the studio each Saturday as we recorded BBC TV’s That’s Life! in front of an audience for airing later that evening. As a fan of bebop, I loved his crisp style behind the drums and I bought my first drum kit from his music shop in Hammersmith.
Paul Foxall