tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post2142673541882564736..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Chris Barber (April 17, 1930 - March 2, 2021) -Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-41228907849669752852021-03-21T17:32:18.467+00:002021-03-21T17:32:18.467+00:00Sorry to here that Chris Barber is gone his music ...Sorry to here that Chris Barber is gone his music was good his band was good the sound of jazz.<br />We all will miss him RIP.Barry Aitchisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-7900786241173261952021-03-04T19:53:47.863+00:002021-03-04T19:53:47.863+00:00The end of an era, Chris was hugely important for ...The end of an era, Chris was hugely important for introducing firstly New Orleans Jazz, then R&B, Gospel, Eastern European jazz influences and some more modern jazz sounds to world wide audiences over the years. <br /><br />His bands were unerringly correct in their approach to the music, his arrangements and indeed his trombone playing were immaculate and unique, and lets not forget he Gordon Solomonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-91285471843804758672021-03-04T17:02:16.870+00:002021-03-04T17:02:16.870+00:00Somehow, in the mid-60s Barber's band and a cr...Somehow, in the mid-60s Barber's band and a crowd of us young followers ended up at a post-concert party in the cellar of the Anglican Chaplaincy at Sheffield University. The ceiling was about 5 feet high so no chance for a string bass. We sat on the floor, me next to Chris with my tuba (the property of Sheffield Transport Band!) in my lap, playing a bit. What a nice man he was but he didn&#Carstairsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-73915013157516727432021-03-03T23:30:26.795+00:002021-03-03T23:30:26.795+00:00Sometime in the '70's when I was with the ...Sometime in the '70's when I was with the Vieux Carre we played a gig in a drill hall in, I think, Dumfries, as "support" band to Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band - the one with Johnny Crocker and Sammy Rimmington on reeds, and with electric guitar as well as banjo. We went by minibus and it took a long, long time, which we employed profitably by drinking a multitude of Steve Andrewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-35141993352165496302021-03-03T14:11:54.179+00:002021-03-03T14:11:54.179+00:00Sadly it appears that never a day goes by when we ...Sadly it appears that never a day goes by when we lose another great . Not Jazz related but the penultimate Wailer from when Bob Marley and the Wailers broke with Catch A Fire, Bunny Wailer, died yesterday and today it is the British Icon Mr Chris Barber, not only a bastion of British Jazz he was a stalwart of the formative Blues scene in the UK . I often listen to his classic Who's Blues NeilChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132240121586000189noreply@blogger.com