London, Mar 8: Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball died on Thursday after suffering from pneumonia. He was 82.
He was best known as the lead trumpet player in the band Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen in the late 1950s and 1960s and for his regular TV appearances with comic duo Morecambe and Wise.
Ball's manager, Les Squire, said that the musician passed away on the morning of Mar h 7, the BBC reported.
Squire said that Ball had been ill for a number of weeks and that he had been holding off on bookings until he was better.
His son Keith has been fronting his father's band at their recent performances and will do so again on.
He was best known as the lead trumpet player in the band Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen in the late 1950s and 1960s and for his regular TV appearances with comic duo Morecambe and Wise.
Ball's manager, Les Squire, said that the musician passed away on the morning of Mar h 7, the BBC reported.
Squire said that Ball had been ill for a number of weeks and that he had been holding off on bookings until he was better.
His son Keith has been fronting his father's band at their recent performances and will do so again on.
- 3/8/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
From from the British Pathé newsreel archive, Jon Savage unearths footage of the hip young band who rode the trad jazz wave in 1962, inspired by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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This is a charming period piece, from March 1962. The colour makes it seem at once vivid and time-locked. It shows the travelling arrangements and a performance of a young, Dixieland jazz group called the Original Downtown Syncopators – who featured as pianist the future polymath Ron Geesin, best known for his collaboration with Roger Waters on The Body film soundtrack and with Pink Floyd on the Atom Heart Mother suite.
That would occur nearly a decade later. In early 1962, the Original Downtown Syncopators were a young and enthusiastic outfit riding the trad wave with a little more authenticity than some of their peers. As the clip shows, they took their cues from the source,...
Reading this on mobile? Watch clip here
This is a charming period piece, from March 1962. The colour makes it seem at once vivid and time-locked. It shows the travelling arrangements and a performance of a young, Dixieland jazz group called the Original Downtown Syncopators – who featured as pianist the future polymath Ron Geesin, best known for his collaboration with Roger Waters on The Body film soundtrack and with Pink Floyd on the Atom Heart Mother suite.
That would occur nearly a decade later. In early 1962, the Original Downtown Syncopators were a young and enthusiastic outfit riding the trad wave with a little more authenticity than some of their peers. As the clip shows, they took their cues from the source,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Jon Savage
- The Guardian - Film News
As the makers of Synth, Metal and Folk Britannia turn their cameras on the audience, the days of battling jazzers, hippy free-for-alls, or huge convoys of crusties may be over, but outdoor rock is booming
Last year, roughly one in 10 British adults attended a festival. The Performing Rights Society estimated that around 150 festivals generated some £450m for the British economy, with just 10 events accounting for half that total. Whether you fancied dressing up at Bestival, slam-dancing at Sonisphere or waving at a BBC camera at Glastonbury, there was something for everyone. The festival circuit is now a fully enshrined, middle-class version of the aristocratic Season, making this the perfect time for BBC4's Festivals Britannia film. "My suspicion is that it wouldn't have been made even 10 years ago," admits writer and director Sam Bridger. "And it's slightly different to the other films in the series [Pop, Synth, Folk and Metal Britannia] in that it's not about one genre of music.
Last year, roughly one in 10 British adults attended a festival. The Performing Rights Society estimated that around 150 festivals generated some £450m for the British economy, with just 10 events accounting for half that total. Whether you fancied dressing up at Bestival, slam-dancing at Sonisphere or waving at a BBC camera at Glastonbury, there was something for everyone. The festival circuit is now a fully enshrined, middle-class version of the aristocratic Season, making this the perfect time for BBC4's Festivals Britannia film. "My suspicion is that it wouldn't have been made even 10 years ago," admits writer and director Sam Bridger. "And it's slightly different to the other films in the series [Pop, Synth, Folk and Metal Britannia] in that it's not about one genre of music.
- 12/13/2010
- by Justin Quirk
- The Guardian - Film News
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