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Alec Dankworth (b. 14 May 1960) is an English jazz bassist and composer.
   Dankworth was born in London, the son of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. After attending the Bedford School, he studied at the Berklee School 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 with violinist Nigel Kennedy in 1988, with whom he also performed Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. He also played in the 1980s with Dick Morrissey, Spike Robinson, Jean Toussaint, Michael Garrick, Tommy Smith, Julian Joseph, and Andy Hamilton, as well as leading his own quartet.
   In 1990 he was invited to join and tour with Dave Brubeck's band, and in 1993 he worked with Abdullah Ibrahim, touring Europe and South Africa. he's played with Mose Allison, Clark Terry, Mel Tormé, Anita O'Day, Peter King, Alan Barnes, David-Jean Baptiste, Van Morrison and Martin Taylor, among others. He also co-leads a fourteen piece band with his father, John Dankworth — the Alec and John Dankworth Generation Band (or "Generation Band"), with which he's recorded two albums.

Discography as co-leader

1994: Nebuchadnezzar (Jazz House)
1996: Rhythm Changes (Jazz House))

Sources and external links

Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. Jazz: The Rough Guide. ISBN 1-85828-528-3

Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6

Alec Dankworth

— discography from All Music Guide

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