# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:08:58.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-ball"
name: "Kenny Ball"
slug: "kenny-ball"
description: "Kenneth Daniel Ball was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen."
tagline: "English trumpeter, band leader, arranger (1930-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Late_Kenny_Ball_at_Flameburst.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-05-22"
deathDate: "2013-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.32
  momentum:             4.35
  historical:           15.47150133333333
  currentAttention:     2
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050406/"
    handle:    "nm0050406"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kennyball.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كينى بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کینی بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kenny Ball"
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  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ball"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1348045"
    title: "Kenny Ball"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump