Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball died today at the age of 82.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:52 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aoD5XB2eEc
― the so-called socialista (dowd), Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:59 (thirteen years ago)
I think a Ball, Barber and Bilk compilation was the first jazz record I ever bought, from a church jumble sale. :(
― the so-called socialista (dowd), Thursday, 7 March 2013 11:09 (thirteen years ago)
Wasn't this one, was it?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 7 March 2013 11:34 (thirteen years ago)
Never off the telly when I was growing up. RIP Ken.
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:39 (thirteen years ago)
forever immortalised by toto coelo. rip ken b
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:46 (thirteen years ago)
Ha, yes, Marcello - that was the one. May not be the kind of jazz I listen to these days, but it opened up a genre for me.
― the so-called socialista (dowd), Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:09 (thirteen years ago)