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Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (born 20 September 1927), often known as Johnny Dankworth, is an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. Born in Woodford, Essex he grew up in the suburb of Highams Park and attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Walthamstow. He was brought up in a family of musicians. He had violin and piano lessons before settling eventually on the clarinet at the age of 16, after hearing a record of the Benny Goodman Quartet. Soon after that, inspired by Johnny Hodges, he added the alto saxophone to his armoury.