Chris Barber
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1930-04-17 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2021-03-02
Known for
- Look Back in Anger (1959) — Original Music Composer
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
- Momma Don't Allow (1956) — Self - trombone
- Übermut im Salzkammergut (1963) — Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
- Red, White and Blues (2003) — Self
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert (2003) — Self
- Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) — Self - Guest
- Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock (2019) — Himself
- Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me (2016) — Self
- Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2007) — Self - Band Leader
- European Grand Prix 1964 (1965) — Self
- North of Blue (2017) — Additional Soundtrack