Craig Ball
Person · male · United States
musician
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Biography
Biography
Craig Ball is an American swing clarinet player and leader of the White Heat Swing Orchestra. He recorded the sound track for the 1990 Warner Brother's film Dick Tracy.
Ball has played in concert with Cab Calloway,
Tony Bennett, Joel Grey, and Lou Rawls. His orchestra was named "Boston's Best Dance Band" by Boston Magazine. Norah Jones used to be a regular singer with his band.
Ball's White Heat Swing Orchestra was chosen to play at Governor Deval Patrick's Inaugural Ball on January 6, 2011.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
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| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 0 | 0th |
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 0 | 0th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
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Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ba3c6ac-49c1-4ddb-9998-9174f5dab2c8core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14947529seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ball_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ball_%28musician%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
- List of swing musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q14947529 · MusicBrainz: 1ba3c6ac-49c1-4ddb-9998-9174f5dab2c8
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