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Donald Christopher Barber OBE (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959.
Mar 3, 2021 · One of the leading figures in British and European jazz, the trombonist Chris Barber, has died at the age of 90. A champion of trad jazz, he also laid the foundations for the...
Chris Barber, 1954 to 2009. Introduction. Chris Barber's Jazz Band, 1954. May 31, 2009 marks the 55th anniversary of the first gig played by the original Chris Barber's Jazz Band of 1954.
Mar 2, 2021 · Chris Barber, often regarded as the godfather of modern British popular music thanks to his introduction of US blues artists into the UK, died 2 March, after suffering from dementia. He had announced his retirement in 2019, having led a band almost continuously for 70 years.
Mar 4, 2021 · Chris Barber was evacuated from London during World War II and began collecting 78 records of New Orleans jazz musicians. He bought his first trombone for £5 from Humphrey Lyttleton’s trombonist and began playing after the war.
Mar 2, 2021 · Born in 1930, Chris Barber was one of the leading figures in European jazz. Together with Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk, he was one of the “Three B’s” who defined traditional jazz in Britain and spearheaded the “Trad” revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Mar 2, 2021 · Chris Barber, who has died aged 90, led the world’s most popular and longest-lived traditional jazz band. The unflagging appetite for its music, especially among British...
Mar 3, 2021 · British trombonist, bassist and bandleader Chris Barber has passed away at the age of 90. Barber made significant contributions to the burgeoning ‘skiffle’ style, as well as the trad jazz revival and even recorded with pop artists like Paul McCartney.
Mar 11, 2021 · Chris Barber: Jazz musician who paved the way for some of Britain’s greatest artists. Without his pioneering work, the careers of acts such as Lonnie Donegan and the Rolling Stones might never...
Mar 3, 2021 · Born in 1930, Chris Barber was one of the leading figures in European jazz. Together with Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk, he was one of the “Three B’s” who defined traditional jazz in Britain and spearheaded the “Trad” revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
