Chris Barber
Acting
Born: 1930-04-17 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: 2021-03-02
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
🎬 Movies (9)
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
2019
Himself
North of Blue
2017
Additional Soundtrack
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
Self
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
2007
Self - Band Leader
Red, White and Blues
2003
Self
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
2003
Self
Übermut im Salzkammergut
1963
Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger
1959
Original Music Composer
Momma Don't Allow
1956
Self - trombone
