Essex boy Kenny Ball was in the vanguard of the trad jazz revival which swept
the UK in sixties. Along with contemporaries Chris Barber and Acker Bilk, Ball
became a household name making regular appearances on UK TV light entertainment
programmes such as the BBC's popular Morecambe And Wise Show and the Black And
White Minstrel Show. Ball and his band, Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen rose to fame
when their rendition of Cole Porter's song Samantha reached number two in the UK
Charts. The single's follow up, the 1962 release Midnight In Moscow, sold over a
million copies and set the s...