 Chris Barber 2010 in Wittmund Image by Eastfrisian, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Chris BarberChris Barber Chris Barber English bandleader and trombonist (1930–2021) For other people with the same name, see Chris Barber (disambiguation). 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. These musicians included the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and 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 Barber's band. He provided an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner, and sponsored African-American… (Source: Wikipedia)
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