ABOUT KENNY BALL
Trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen who sang hits like "Midnight in Moscow" and "March of the Siamese Children."
He worked as a salesman for an advertising agency while playing as a sideman in various bands.
He became the first British jazz musician to become an honorary citizen of New Orleans in 1963.
He became engaged to his wife Betty at age seventeen.
His band toured with Louis Armstrong during his final European tour.
