Facts:   - instrument: clarinet , alto saxophone    - death place: marylebone , uk    - years active: 1949 -- 2009    - caption: dankworth 2002 performing at buxton opera house , 4 november    - birth name: john phillip william dankworth    - death date: 06 february 2010    - genre: cool jazz      - birth date: 20 september 1927    - name: sir john dankworth cbe    - image size: 250px    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - image: john-dankworth-buxton-opera-house . jpg    - birth place: woodford , essex , england   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john dankworth .
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sir john phillip william dankworth , -lrb- 20 september 1927 -- 6 february 2010 -rrb- , known in his early career as johnny dankworth , was an english jazz composer , saxophonist and clarinetist .he was the husband of jazz singer dame cleo laine , who survives him ; they married in 1958 .