Ward Kimball

American trombonist and Academy Award-winning animator, director, producer, scriptwriter for the Walt Disney Studios, born March 4, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died July 8, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. He founded and led the seven piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which he played trombone. They made 12 LP records and toured clubs, college campuses and jazz festivals during the 1940s to early 1970's.