Chris Barber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1930
- Died
- March 2, 2021
- Birthplace
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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 2019
as Self
North of Blue 2017
Additional Soundtrack
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me 2016
as Self
- Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues 2007
as Self - Band Leader
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert 2003
as Self
Red, White and Blues 2003
as Self
- European Grand Prix 1964
European Grand Prix 1964 1965
as Self
Übermut im Salzkammergut 1963
as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger 1959
Original Music Composer
Momma Don't Allow 1956
as Self - trombone
Credits from TMDB.