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person_profile-Chris Barber

Chris Barber Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Chris Barber

Date of Birth:

Apr 17, 1930

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Mar 02, 2021

Biography of

Chris Barber

    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 of

Chris Barber

Found 5 Movies in total

... 2019

... 2016

... 2003

Red, White and Blues

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

Übermut im Salzkammergut

Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963