Chris Barber
Chris Barber
CHRIS BARBER. British jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson who was at one time his wife and vocalist Lonnie Donegan whose appearances with him 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 him a significant figure in the British R&B and beat-boom of the 1960s.
Chris Barber Band
Reference Number. 14184C
An original vintage 1950s programme, clearly signed in ink over the inside pages by ; Chris Barber (trombone) / Monty Sunshine (clarinet) / Dick Smith (bass) / Pat Halcox (trumpet) / George Webb and Ottilie Patterson (vocals)
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Chris Barber Band
Reference Number. 8481
A good pair of consecutive original 1958 autograph book pages, clearly signed in various ballpoints by the Chris Barber Band of this period ; Chris Barber (trombone) / Monty Sunshine d2010 (clarinet) / Pat Halcox (trumpet) / Dick Smith (bass) / Ottilie Patterson d2011 (vocals) / Eddie Smith (banjo) / Graham Burridge (drums) and one unknown (Keith Lycheley ?).
Sold with a collectable original 1958 Colston Hall Tour Advertising Flyer and various promo-photos and cards as shown.
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