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unclebuck
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Warwickshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:58 am Post subject: Kenny Ball |
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Kenny Ball died today......
From his website:
The jazz legend, Kenny Ball, died peacefully at the age of 82 at 7:35 am on 7th March 2013 in Basildon Hospital from pneumonia. Betty and his three children were at his bedside. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Although I'm not really a jazz fan I do think that Kenny did a very great deal to try to drag jazz into the mainstream as a major music genre
I did actually enjoy his music because he played it with such enthusiasm and always with a smile on his face - and of course his appearances on the Morecambe and Wise show brought his talent to the attention of a very wide television audience
We've certainly lost another great musician and by all accounts a very decent man _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6858
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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There was a programme on Radio 2 earlier this year about Kenny Ball that I meant to listen to but forgot.. I hope they repeat it soon..he always looked a very happy,comfortable with himself, person to me.
I read this in one of his obituaries....
He had not played with his band – the Jazzmen – since a concert in Chemnitz, Germany, in January, when he left hospital to make the gig.
What a trouper!!
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Number Six
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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I saw Kenny five or six yers ago and it was clear then that he was struggling with some of the powerful motes. Great show though. _________________ I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. |
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