Chris Barber
April 17, 1930 (94 years old) in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber (born 17 April 1930) is a British jazz musician, best known as a bandleader andtrombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singerOttilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and vocalist/banjoist Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Chris Barber's band. His providing an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner makes Barber a significant figure in the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" of the 1960s.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock as Himself
- 2016 · Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self
- 2007 · Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues as Self - Band Leader
- 2003 · John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert as Self
- 2003 · Red, White and Blues as Self
- 1994 · Ready Steady Cook as Self - Guest
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1963 · Übermut im Salzkammergut as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
- 1956 · Momma Don't Allow as Self - trombone
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self