08/03/2013
UKs Most Successful Jazz Musician Dies
Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball has died at the age of 82.
Britain's most successful jazz musician was suffering from pneumonia.
He had a string of hits in the sixties and seventies and was behind music on television shows like Morecambe and Wise.
Clarinettist Acker Bilk paid tribute: "I've done so many gigs with Kenny it's not true. 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."
(GK)
Britain's most successful jazz musician was suffering from pneumonia.
He had a string of hits in the sixties and seventies and was behind music on television shows like Morecambe and Wise.
Clarinettist Acker Bilk paid tribute: "I've done so many gigs with Kenny it's not true. 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."
(GK)
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