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- His musical career began as a semi-professional sideman in bands led by Charlie Galbraith, Sid Phillips, Eric Delaney and Terry Lightfoot before he formed his own group in 1958.
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Mar 7, 2013 · His musical career began as a semi-professional sideman in bands led by Charlie Galbraith, Sid Phillips, Eric Delaney and Terry Lightfoot before he formed his own group in 1958. The musician was...
Ball started his career in sidemen in bands, before forming his Trad jazz band in 1958. Ball and his band enjoyed unbroken success in the 1960s. Their hits “Samantha”, “Midnight in Moscow,” and other songs are still popular in trumpet and dixieland circles.
Kenny Ball was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. He is best known for his single “Midnight in...
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Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen were most popular trad jazz band in the early 60s music scene. Led by trumpet playing Kenny Ball (born Kenneth Daniel Ball on March 22, 1930) the band had several hits in the UK and one huge international hit “Midnight in Moscow” which peaked at #2 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. At its musical popularity ...
English jazz musician Kenny Ball was born Kenneth Daniel Ball on May 22, 1930 in Ilford, Essex, England. Kenny was the youngest of nine children and was born in Dagenham in the East End of London. His father, a decorated veteran of World War I, supported the family during the Great Depression with the money he earned working as a bookbinder. Ball r...
After Ball formed his first band in 1954, he was approached by the clarinettist Sid Phillips, whose cleancut Dixieland jazz was popular, to join his band at the “handsome salary” of £30 a week. Phillips kept his trumpeter busy, with radio broadcasts and road tours, plus one-off occasions such as the Christmas staff party at Windsor Castle. Ball als...
In 2001, Ball contributed for the compilation album British Jazz Legends. Released by Decca imprint, it featured Don Lusher, John Chilton and the Feetwarmers, Acker Bilk, Humphrey Lyttelton, George Melly and John Dankworth. Ball continued to perform and tour before his death from pneumonia in February 2013, aged 82. His musician son Keith continues...
Kenny Ball was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.
Mar 7, 2013 · Kenny Ball. Follow Artist +. English trumpet player known as the most successful survivor of the early-'60s trad jazz boom. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 2010s. Born. May 22, 1930 in Ilford, London, England.
Kenneth Daniel Ball ( May 22, Ilford, Basildon, 1930 – 7 March 2013) was a British jazz trumpeter, singer and band-leader. He led the traditional jazz group Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen who scored hits in the 1960s in the United Kingdom and the United States.
