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Chris Barber
tb, *1930 GB, Welwyn Garden City
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Donald Christopher Barber.
Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber (born 17 April 1930) is a 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/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.
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Petite Fleur on Petite Fleur by Chris Barber Dallas Rag on Memories of My Trip by Chris Barber Til the Next Time I'm in Town on Memories of My Trip by Chris Barber Stranger on the Shore on Backup the Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk by Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball Midnight in Moscow on Backup the Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk by Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball Freight Train Blues on The Best of Blues Classics by Various Artists Blues Stay Away from Me on Memories of My Trip by Chris Barber Summer Set on Backup the Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk by Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball Wildcat Blues on Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz - Chris Barber by Chris Barber Shout 'em Aunt Tillie on Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz - Chris Barber by Chris BarberTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 1991 Sea-Saint Sessions | Eddie Bo & Chris Barber | 2016 | Album |
| All That Jazz, Vol. 65: Storyville Joys - In Studio And On Stage | Chris Barber Featuring Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group | 2016 | Album |
| The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection | Chris Barber | 2015 | Compil. |
| Seven Classic Albums | Chris Barber | 2015 | Compil. |
| Giants Of Trad Jazz | Chris Barber, Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball | 2012 | Compil. |
| Greatest Hits | Chris Barber | 2011 | Compil. |
| Memories Of My Trip | Chris Barber | 2011 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Barber, Ball And Bilk | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk | 2010 | Compil. |
| Boaters Bowlers & Bowties: The Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk | 2009 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber Presents ... Lost & Found Vol. 3 | Chris Barber | 2008 | Compil. |
| Petite Fleur & Other Greatest Hits | Chris Barber | 2008 | Compil. |
| Just About As Good As It Gets! | Chris Barber | 2007 | Compil. |
| The Very Best Of Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 2007 | Album |
| It's Tight Like That | Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards With Special Guest Chris Barber | 2006 | Album |
| Chris Barber 1956 | Chris Barber | 2006 | Album |
| Chris Barber 1955 | Chris Barber | 2006 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band -On The Road-A Jazz Documentary | Chris Barber | 2004 | Single |
| 70th Birthday Concert | John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Eric Clapton - Chris Barber - Mick Taylor | 2003 | Album |
| 40 Years Jubilee Concert | Chris Barber | 2003 | Album |
| Jubilee Stomp Chris Barber 1953-2003 | Chris Barber | 2003 | Compil. |
| 70th Birthday Concert | John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends Eric Clapton, Chris Barber, Mick Taylor | 2003 | Album |
| Chris Barber At The BBC Vol. 2, More Wireless Days 1961/1963 (Broadcast Recordings 1961/1963) | Chris Barber | 2002 | Album |
| Acker, Kenny & Chris | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk | 2001 | Compil. |
| Misty Morning | Chris Barber & Bob Hunt | 2001 | Album |
| I Wanna Go Home | Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber | 2000 | Single |
| The Essential Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 2000 | Compil. |
| Jazz Holiday | Chris Barber | 2000 | Album |
| Midnight Special | Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber | 2000 | Single |
| The Skiffle Sessions: Live In Belfast 1998 | Van Morrison And Lonnie Donegan And Chris Barber | 2000 | Album |
| Chris Barber At The Bbc With Special Guest Joe Harriott December 1963 | Chris Barber | 2000 | Album |
| Who's Blues | Chris Barber | 1999 | Album |
| Concert '80 Vol. II | Chris Barber | 1999 | Album |
| Chris Barber at the BBC Broadcast recordings 1961-62 | Chris Barber | 1998 | Album |
| Great Moments With | Chris Barber | 1998 | Compil. |
| That's It Then ! | Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | 1997 | Album |
| Chris Barbers’s Blues Book Volume One/Good Mornin’ Blues | Chris Barber | 1997 | Compil. |
| Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz) - Dixieland Classics | Chris Barber, Max Collie Rhythm Aces | 1997 | Compil. |
| We'll Meet Again | Uralsky All Stars Featuring Chris Barber And Hein De Jong | 1996 | Album |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1995 | Compil. |
| All that Jazz | Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber | 1995 | Compil. |
| 40 Years Jubilee | Chris Barber | 1995 | Album |
| Barber Ball & Bilk | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk | 1995 | Compil. |
| Jazz Jamboree | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball And Acker Bilk | 1995 | Compil. |
| 40 Years Jubilee | Chris Barber | 1994 | Album |
| 40 Years Jubilee | Chris Barber | 1994 | Album |
| With Zenith Hot Stompers | Chris Barber, Zenith Hot Stompers | 1993 | Album |
| Concert '80 | Chris Barber | 1993 | Album |
| Collaboration | Chris Barber, Barry Martyn | 1992 | Album |
| In His Element | Chris Barber | 1992 | Album |
| All That Jazz | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | 1992 | Compil. |
| Barber, Ball And Bilk | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball And Acker Bilk | 1991 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber In Concert Volume 2 | Chris Barber | 1991 | Album |
| Panama! | Chris Barber & Wendell Brunious | 1991 | Album |
| Presenting: Chris Barber & His Jazz Band | Chris Barber | 1991 | Compil. |
| The Essential Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1990 | Compil. |
| Echoes Of Ellington, Vol. 2 | Chris Barber | 1990 | Album |
| Echoes Of Ellington, Vol. 1 | Chris Barber | 1990 | Album |
| Live In East Berlin | Chris Barber | 1990 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber In Budapest | Chris Barber | 1990 | Album |
| On A Mardi Gras Day | Dr. John & Chris Barber | 1990 | Compil. |
| Ottilie Patterson And Chris Barber | Ottilie Patterson, Chris Barber | 1990 | Album |
| Drinking Wine Spo Dee-O'Dee | Chris Barber | 1990 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays The Music Of Clarence And Spencer Williams Vol. 1 | Chris Barber | 1990 | Single |
| Chris Barber's Jazzband | Chris Barber | 1989 | Compil. |
| New Orleans Symphony | Chris Barber | 1989 | Album |
| Mardi Gras At The Marquee | Chris Barber & Dr. John | 1989 | Album |
| The Great Reunion Concert | Chris Barber | 1989 | Album |
| Barber-Bue Concerts | Chris Barber / Papa Bue | 1988 | Album |
| The Ultimate! | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball & Acker Bilk | 1988 | Album |
| Schlafe Mein Prinzchen / Ice Cream | Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band / Chris Barber | 1988 | Single |
| Dixie | Chris Barber, The Dutch Swing College Band, Lonnie Donegan, Mr. Acker Bilk Orchestra | 1988 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1987 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber & Friends | Chris Barber & The Chris Barber Jazz And Blues Band | 1987 | Album |
| The Outstanding Album | Chris Barber & Chris Barber's Jazz Band | 1987 | Album |
| Music From The Land Of Dreams | Chris Barber | 1986 | Album |
| The Best Of | Chris Barber | 1985 | Compil. |
| Jazz Holiday | Chris Barber, Rod Mason | 1985 | Album |
| Everybody Knows....... | Chris Barber | 1985 | Album |
| Madame Blues & Doctor Jazz! | Ottilie Patterson With Chris Barber | 1984 | Album |
| Who's Blues | Chris Barber | 1984 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Jazz And Blues Band - Barbican Blues | Chris Barber | 1982 | Album |
| Jubilee Concert | Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber, Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Pat Halcox, Ron Bowden, Jim Bray, Bill Colyer, Chris Hunt, Jackie McAuley | 1981 | Album |
| South Rampart Street Parade | Chris Barber | 1981 | Album |
| Take Me Back To New Orleans | Chris Barber And Dr. John With Freddie Kohlman | 1981 | Album |
| 30 Welterfolge | Chris Barber | 1980 | Album |
| Chris Barber's Best | Chris Barber | 1980 | Album |
| Dixieland Collection | Chris Barber | 1980 | Compil. |
| The Grundig Concert '80 - Digital | Chris Barber | 1980 | Album |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1979 | Album |
| Swing Is Here | Chris Barber With John Lewis ･ Trummy Young | 1979 | Album |
| Swing Is Here | Chris Barber With John Lewis ･ Trummy Young | 1979 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Story Volume 2 (Visiting Influences) | Chris Barber | 1978 | Compil. |
| The Original Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1978 | Compil. |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1978 | Single |
| The Chris Barber Story Volume 1 | Chris Barber | 1978 | Compil. |
| Starportrait | Chris Barber | 1978 | Compil. |
| De Beste Van Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1977 | Compil. |
| The Fabulous Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1976 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1976 | Compil. |
| The Great Re-Union Concert | Chris Barber | 1976 | Album |
| Louis Jordan With The Chris Barber Band | Louis Jordan, Chris Barber | 1976 | Single |
| Ice Cream | Chris Barber | 1976 | Compil. |
| The Great RE-UNION Concert | Chris Barber | 1976 | Album |
| Give Me An Old Fashioned Swing | Chris Barber | 1976 | Single |
| The Chris Barber Jubilee Maxi Single 25 | Chris Barber | 1975 | Single |
| In East Berlin - Vol. 1 | Chris Barber | 1975 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Jubilee Tour Album (4) | Chris Barber | 1975 | Album |
| A Chris Barber Concert | Chris Barber | 1975 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 3 (1970 - 1974) | Chris Barber | 1975 | Compil. |
| Special | Chris Barber | 1975 | Album |
| Portrait | Chris Barber, Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Ken Colyer's Jazzmen | 1974 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 1 (1949-1959) | Chris Barber | 1974 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | 1974 | Compil. |
| Ice Cream | Chris Barber | 1974 | Album |
| The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 2 (1958-1964) | Chris Barber | 1974 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber & Lonnie Donegan | Chris Barber ' Lonnie Donegan | 1973 | Album |
| Drat That Fratle Rat! | Chris Barber | 1972 | Album |
| Petite Fleur / Midnight In Moscow | Chris Barber / Kenny Ball | 1972 | Single |
| V Praze | Chris Barber | 1971 | Album |
| Das Beste Von Ball, Barber, Bilk | Kenny Ball - Chris Barber - Acker Bilk | 1971 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber In Berlin 2 | Chris Barber | 1970 | Album |
| Bechet, Barber & Bilk | Chris Barber, Acker Bilk & Sidney Bechet With Lonnie Donegan | 1969 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Chris Barber | Chris Barber | 1968 | Compil. |
| Momma Told Me Not To Come / Burbidge's Last Stand Blues | Chris Barber | 1968 | Single |
| The Best Of Barber & Bilk Volume One | Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | 1966 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Ball, Barber & Bilk | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk | 1966 | Compil. |
| Joue Les Beatles | Chris Barber | 1966 | Single |
| Dixie-Party Mit Mr. Acker Bilk Und Chris Barber | Acker Bilk Und Chris Barber | 1966 | Compil. |
| Folk Barber Style | Chris Barber | 1965 | Album |
| Good Mornin' Blues | Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson And Chris Barber Band | 1965 | Album |
| Jazz March | Chris Barber | 1965 | Single |
| Strange Things | Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Ottilie Patterson, Chris Barber | 1963 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk | 1963 | Single |
| Pop Gospel Live From London | Alex Bradford / Chris Barber | 1963 | Album |
| Midnight In Moscow | Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen, Chris Barber | 1962 | Single |
| Presents Jimmy Cotton - Volume Two | Chris Barber, James Cotton | 1962 | Single |
| Presents Jimmy Cotton | Chris Barber, James Cotton | 1962 | Single |
| Chris Barber Jazz Parade Volume Four | Chris Barber | 1960 | Single |
| Chris Barber Jazz Parade Volume Eight | Chris Barber | 1960 | Single |
| Chris Barber Jazz Parade Volume Three | Chris Barber | 1960 | Single |
| Oh, Didn't He Ramble | Chris Barber | 1959 | Single |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1959 | Single |
| Ottilie's Irish Night | Ottilie Patterson With Chris Barber | 1959 | Album |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1959 | Single |
| Chris Barber In Concert Volume 3 | Chris Barber | 1958 | Album |
| Chris Barber In Concert Vol. 2 | Chris Barber | 1958 | Album |
| Chris Barber Plays Volume IV | Chris Barber | 1957 | Compil. |
| Chris Barber Plays Vol. V | Chris Barber | 1957 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 1957 | Single |
| Backstairs Session | Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group With Chris Barber | 1956 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays Vol.1 - Clarence And Spencer Williams | Chris Barber | 1956 | Album |
| Chris Barber Jazz Parade Volume Five | Chris Barber | 1955 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays The Music Of Clarence And Spencer Williams Vol. 1 | Chris Barber | 1955 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays The Music of Clarence and Spencer Williams Volume I | Chris Barber | 1955 | Album |
| Ice Cream | Chris Barber | 1954 | Album |
| Wild Cat Blues | Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Chris Barber | 1953 | Single |
| Chris Barber Plays Vol.1 | Chris Barber | Single | |
| Dixie From The Island Vol. 1 | Chris Barber, Max Collie, Pete Allen, Terry Lightfoot | Compil. | |
| Barber's Best | Chris Barber Und Ottilie Patterson | Album | |
| Buddy Bolden's Blues / At The Jazz Band Ball | Chris Barber With The Ramblers | Album | |
| Travelling | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | Chris Barber | Single | |
| Camp Meeting Blues / Bye And Bye | Chris Barber | Single | |
| Dans Le Vent | Chris Barber | Album | |
| in East Berlin Part 1 | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Down By The Riverside / Sweet Lovin' Man | Chris Barber With The Ramblers | Album | |
| Travelling | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Petite Fleur / Wild Cat Blues | Chris Barber | Single | |
| Come Friday / South Rampart Street Parade | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Yama Yama Man | Chris Barber | Single | |
| The Many Faces Of Jazz Vol.32 | Chris Barber | Compil. | |
| The Barber Saga | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Hit Collection | Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk | Compil. | |
| Collaboration | Chris Barber, Barry Martyn | Album | |
| Jazzband and All American Ramblers | Chris Barber | Compil. | |
| Blues Pour Flirter | Chris Barber | Single | |
| British Jazz Panorama Vol.2 | Chris Barber | Album | |
| Barber-Bue: Bestsellers | Chris Barber / Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band | Compil. | |
| Hello, Dolly! / I Shall Not Be Moved | Chris Barber And Ottilie Patterson | Single | |
| Just About As Good As It Gets! Vol. 2 | Chris Barber | Compil. | |
| Not In Hi Fi | Chris Barber | Single | |
| Ory's Creole Trombone M. M. | Kid Ory, Chris Barber, Gene Krupa | Single |
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