This photo of the inimitable Cleo Laine belting out a jazz standard with the John Dankworth Quartet was taken mid-concert at the Sydney Opera House. (Photo, circa 1975.)
Ninety-seven-year-old Dame Cleo Laine is an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth.
**This photograph is part of an IA series that looks at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.**
Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at 'The Age' in Melbourne.
He has several published collections, including 'Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley'. To see more from Bill, click here.
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