Kenny Ball He has charted fourteen Top 50 hit singles in the UK alone. All such releases were issued on the Pye record label. In 2001 Ball was part of the recording of an album on the Decca label. It featured Don Lusher, Acker Bilk, John Chilton and the Feetwarmers, John Dankworth, Humphrey Lyttelton and George Melly, and was entitled "British Jazz Legends Together". Ball continued to tour until shortly before his death, his last scheduled concert being with Acker Bilk and Chris Barber at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall on 21 February 2013. He died at Basildon Hospital, Essex, where he was being
John Fordham (jazz critic) "Jazz Journalist of the Year" award three times since 2005. John Fordham (jazz critic) John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer. As well as being the main jazz critic for "The Guardian", he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper. He is the author of several books on jazz, and has reported on it for publications including "Time Out", "City Limits", "Sounds", "Jazz UK" and "The Wire". He is a former editor of "Time Out", "City Limits" and "Jazz UK". He has contributed to documentaries for radio and television, as well as regularly to BBC Radio 3's programme