Midnight In Moscow/So Do I/March Of The Siamese Children/Someday/55 Days At Peking/The Pay Off/Rondo/ Sukiyaki/I Still Love You All/The Green Leaves Of Summer/Casablanca/Samantha
Trad jazz bandleader and trumpeter Kenny Ball had a string of UK top twenty hits in the early 1960s. Golden Hits includes them all with the exception of the then newly released Acapulco 1922, and naturally each track is pure gold. (UK:4)
"If you like good ensemble Dixieland with well-played, but short solos, give this music a try."
"His band tends to play authentic sounding Dixieland jazz, with banjo instead of guitar, and the songs tend to be lively, technically proficient, and have tasteful solos."
"Put this music on and dance. It's rich, endlessly varied, fresh and even a little sweet and packed with glorious energy."
"Kenny Ball released so many good records which were great trad jazz that had melodies, rhythm and, most of all, were good fun."
"His real achievement was to have made so many hit records of the trad jazz genre against all the odds when no one else could do it."
"Great collection of all Kenny's standards - they are really evocative and brought back great memories. Really catchy tunes that you'll be whistling for days afterwards."
"Wow! Absolutely fantastic jazz from the one and only Kenny Ball."
"Somewhere in between skiffle and Merseybeat, trad jazz became one of the UK's most popular music genres. One of its greatest exponents was Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen. This collection is the perfect nostalgia trip for trad jazz fans and features Ball's original hits from the early sixties, including the worldwide smash Midnight In Moscow."
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