Chris Barber
Birthday
1930/04/17
Day of death
2021/03/02 (90 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
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 p...Read more
Acting
(1963) Übermut im Salzkammergut
as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
(2019) Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
as Himself
(2003) Red, White and Blues
as Self
(2016) Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
(2003) John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
(1956) Momma Don't Allow
as Self - trombone
(2007) Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
as Self - Band Leader
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1994) Ready Steady Cook
as Self - Guest