Ronnie Ball

Ronald "Ronnie" Ball (born December 22, 1927 in Birmingham , England , † 1984 in New York City ) was a British jazz pianist of cool jazz . He played with Lennie Tristano , Art Pepper and Lee Konitz .

Live and act

At fifteen, Ronnie Ball played in local bands and moved to London in 1948. After working together and making recordings with various English jazz groups, u. a. with Tony Kinsey , Ronnie Scott and Victor Feldman , played ball on Cunard's ocean liners between Southampton and New York. He then moved to the USA in 1952, studied with cool jazz trailblazer Lennie Tristano and played with Chuck Wayne in 1952 and Lee Konitz in 1953-55. Ball then went to California and played there with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and Art Pepper from 1956-57 ; 1956 with Kai Winding / JJ Johnson . In 1957, Ronnie Ball also had his own trio with Red Mitchell and Dennis Budimir . He then worked with Buddy Rich and in 1958 with Kai Winding in 1958, from the end of 1958 in Gene Krupa's Quartet, with whom he also came to Europe in 1959. Ball has also made records with Ted Brown and under his own name (1955). In the early 1960s he was still playing in recordings with Chris Connor ; then he disappeared from the jazz scene.

Discographic notes

Albums with Spike Robinson

• Prez Sez (1956)
• Circus Season (1956)

with Lee Konitz

• Spike's Delight (1951)
• Lee Konitz at Storyille (1954)
• Ronnie's Tune (1955)

with Art Pepper

• What's New (1956)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
• Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002.
• Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .