Kenny 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 circles. Read more on Last.fm

Kenny Ball was featured in the movie It's Trad, Dad!.

Songs from Kenny Ball

Beale Street Blues

Other Soundtracks

Shadow Company
Street Fighter
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
Deadly Little Secrets
Twelve and Holding
Ratchakan
We Own the Night
It's Never Too Late to Be What U Might Have Been: The Making of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (V)
Four Rooms
Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan

Artist image and description courtesy of Last.fm