Chris Barber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1930, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- March 2, 2021
- Movies
- 8
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2019 | Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock | Himself |
| 2016 | Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me | Self |
| 2007 | Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues | Self - Band Leader |
| 2003 | John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert | Self |
| 2003 | Red, White and Blues | Self |
| 1965 | European Grand Prix 1964 | Self |
| 1963 | Übermut im Salzkammergut | Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Momma Don't Allow | Self - trombone |
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