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.
Filmography
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
as Himself
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
as Himself
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
as Self - Band Leader
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
as Self - Band Leader
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
Red, White and Blues
as Self
Red, White and Blues
as Self
European Grand Prix 1964
as Self
European Grand Prix 1964
as Self
Übermut im Salzkammergut
as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Übermut im Salzkammergut
as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Momma Don't Allow
as Self - trombone
Momma Don't Allow
as Self - trombone