flyfisher Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21700146 This is starting to feel like a bad year for losing musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 They all are, mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yepmop Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Really sad day, Kenny Ball great Jazz Musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1362662888' post='2002925'] They all are, mate. [/quote] True. I should have said this years seems worse than others for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 RIP Ken :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Whilst not my bag, my folks used to have a lot of his stuff in their record collection so I've heard quite a bit of Kenny's work over the years. With him and Alvin Lee going over the past day or so, I'd concur with everyone else that it seems like a bad year. RIP Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I remember [i]The Green Leaves of Summer [/i] being played a lot on the Dansette when I was a nipper. I am also reminded of an edition of [i]I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue [/i]in which Humph was explaining the rules of a "spot the connection" round - "For example, if I said Alan [b]Ball[/b], Kenny [b]Ball[/b] and Johnny [b]Ball[/b], the obvious connection is that none of them has ever fully mastered the trumpet". RIP to them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I remember my wife and I dancing to Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen when they had a gig at Scarborough in the 70s. Kenny was a great musician and entertainer. A sad loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomnin Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Saw him live twice, although last one was twenty years ago. Very good trad player and a real character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 There was a radio 2 special on him only a couple of weeks ago and very entertaining it was too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Always blowing his own trumpet. R.I.P. Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1362678277' post='2003288'] There was a radio 2 special on him only a couple of weeks ago and very entertaining it was too [/quote] Yes I caught this by accident when driving home from a rehearsal. Really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 My dad brought him to Northampton to play at Spinney Hill Hall when I was a kid, I didn't really appreciate what a top musician he was at the time, my dad would have been saddened by the loss of another jazz great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Loved it when he played "KING OF THE SWINGERS" when i was a kid. It was sometimes the nearest I got to experiencing Jungle Book until the odd snippet Disney Christmas special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Remember him being on TV a lot when I was a kid. Shame, he seemed like a real character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I played with him twice. Not only a very good musician but he had a very good recall of past gigs and people he had known, some of them fifty years ago. He struck me as someone who had a genuine interest in other people. A nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1362690828' post='2003535'] I played with him twice. Not only a very good musician but he had a very good recall of past gigs and people he had known, some of them fifty years ago. He struck me as someone who had a genuine interest in other people. A nice guy. [/quote] That's good to hear. And I've just remembered I saw him play! It was at Sunbury on Thames regatta in the early seventies when I was a kid. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) I saw him at a show about 25 years ago. An amazing musician, with an amazing band. Got to meet him afterwards, and was struck with what a down to earth nice guy he was. I was about 15 at the time and he was so inspiring musically and personally Edited March 8, 2013 by dudewheresmybass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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