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Kenny Ball
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English trumpeter, band leader, arranger (1930-2013)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Blowing my own trumpet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1930-05-22
- Active to
- 2013-03-07
Discography
- Images1990
- Now1991
- Now 31995
- Barber Bilk and Ball Giants of Trad Jazz2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,489
- Total plays
- 163,044
Tags
jazztrad jazzdixietrumpetkenny ball
Kenny Ball (born Kenneth Daniel Ball on 22 May 1930 in Ilford, Essex; died 7 March 2013) was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen. Ball began his career in the 1950s as sideman in bands before forming his own Trad jazz band in 1958. Ball and his band enjoyed the longest unbroken success for bands of their generation, with their hits like "Samantha" and "Midnight in Moscow" remaining popular in dixieland and trumpet
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Family name
- Ball
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ilford
- Place of death
- Basildon
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Pye Records
- Official website
- www.kennyball.co.uk
- Image
- Late Kenny Ball at Flameburst.gif
- Work location
- England
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-05-22
- date of death
- 2013-03-07
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- birth name
- Kenneth Daniel Ball
- name in native language
- Kenny Ball
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