children are both jazz musicians: Alec Dankworth is a bassist who was also a member of his father's band, and Jacqui Dankworth is a singer. Dankworth was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2006 New Year's Honours List. He and Dame Cleo Laine were one of the few married couples where both partners held titles in their own right. He remained an active composer into later life, and he wrote a jazz violin concerto for soloist Christian Garrick to play. This work had its world premiere at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall on 3 March 2008, in partnership with the Nottingham Youth Orchestra. In October 2009, at the end of a US tour with his wife, Dankworth was taken ill. The couple cancelled a number of UK concert dates for the following month. Dankworth did return to the concert stage for just one solo at the London Jazz Festival at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in December 2009. He played his sax from a wheelchair. He also played in John & Cleo's Christmas Show from 17 to 20 December 2009 at 'the Stables' in Wavendon. Death Dankworth died on 6 February 2010, aged 82, on the afternoon before a show celebrating the 40th anniversary of the foundation of The Stables. His funeral took place on 1 March 2010 at Milton Keynes Crematorium, followed by a memorial service held at the Stables the same day. Discography As leader Experiments with Mice (Parlophone, 1956) 5 Steps to Dankworth (Verve, 1957) Itinerary of an Orchestra (Parlophone, 1960) England's Ambassador of Jazz (Roulette, 1960) Collaboration (Roulette, 1962) Jazz from Abroad (Roulette, 1963) What the Dickens! (Fontana, 1963) The Zodiac Variations (Fontana, 1965) Modesty Blaise (20th Century Fox, 1966) John Dankworth and His Music (Fontana, 1970) Echoes of Harlem (Compendia, 1988) In a Mellow Tone: Tribute to Duke Ellington (Absolute, 2005) Spread a Little Happiness with Cleo Laine (Avid, 2006) About 42 Years Later with Danny Moss (Avid, 2007) Jady Aide with Alec Dankworth (Absolute, 2008) As sideman or guest With Alec Dankworth 1994 Nebuchadnezzar 1996 Rhythm Changes With Cleo Laine 1976 Best Friends 1976 Born on a Friday 1978 Wordsongs 1989 Woman to Woman 2001 Live in Manhattan 2005 Once Upon a Time With others 1969 Windmill Tilter, Kenny Wheeler 1975 Love Is a Five Letter Word, Jimmy Witherspoon 1984 Metro, Rod Argent 1987 Crossing Over the Bridge, London Symphony Orchestra 1989 Jazzin' at