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Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen: the Pye Jazz Anthology

by: Kenny Ball

Release Date February 26, 2001
In the twenties, thirties and early forties, a lot of pop music was jazz-based. The jazz influence in pop music faded rapidly during the 1940's, but jazz musicians staged a mini-comeback in the late fifties and early sixties in Britain. Chris Barber, Dave Brubeck and Acker Bilk all had one or two hits, but Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen had a whole string of hits. Kenny was a trumpeter. Other musicians played the trombone, drums, clarinet, banjo and bass. Most of their music was instrumental, but they did record some vocal tracks.

Their first hit was Samantha, a cover of a song from the movie High Society. That was followed by their biggest and most famous hit, Midnight in Moscow. Other hits included March of the Siamese children, Green ... Read More: