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Kenny Ball Dead: English Trumpet Great Succumbs to Pneumonia at 82
- Posted on Mar 7th 2013 9:45AM by Cameron Matthews
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The famed trumpeter succumbed to a bout with pneumonia, according to his manager (via The BBC). The jazz man was surrounded by family when he died.
Ball was the leader of Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, a prominent group throughout the 1950s and '60s. The mustachioed musician often appeared on television alongside comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.
Ball's group was even a chart topper, hitting No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 with their version of "Midnight in Moscow."
"Every night with Kenny was different. He was a good lad, with a good sense of humour and a lot of fun to be with," Ball's clarinetist Acker Bilk told the BBC. "If he could have been on stage tomorrow, he would have been," manager Les Squire adds.
Ball's last concert was just 15 days before his death on March 7. The trumpeter's son Keith will continue to front his father's band.
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He was a one hit wonder in this country, but what a huge hit Midnight omn Moscow was. It brings back memories of late in my senior year in high school, as I was counting down to graduation
March 08 2013 at 1:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Poetess13
Rest in peace Kenny & let the music play on!
March 08 2013 at 3:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThey say if you have nothing nice to say about someone, do not say anything, this should apply so some of you on here, bunch of heartless fools.
March 07 2013 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKenny Ball Was One Of The Greatest Musicians of The 20th CENTURY.
March 07 2013 at 3:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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suitman36
why? just because you never heard of him?
March 07 2013 at 2:13 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplySomebody should have told the trumpet player where the mic was. His solo ws lost to the trombone and the whole think had the fetid stale air of an old Lawrence Welk reject.
March 07 2013 at 1:57 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down Reply
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