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Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber (born 17 April 1930, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England) is best known as a jazz 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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Keep Calm and Listen to Jazz Britannia, Pt. 1 [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Midnight in Moscow | 2:55 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 3:10 |
| Careless Love | 3:25 |
Planes, Trains and Eric: The Music, The Stories, The People – Mid and Far East Tour 201 [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| HoochieCoochie Man |
Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz-Vol. 2: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 3:55 |
Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz-Vol. 3: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When the Saints Go Marchin' In | 3:10 |
| Mood Indigo | 4:25 |
| Sukiyaki | 2:58 |
| Bugle Call Rag | 4:17 |
Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz-Vol. 5: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Careless Love | 3:33 |
| The Lonesome Road | 2:44 |
| (You Know It All) Smarty | 2:41 |
Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz: Kenny Ball [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian War Chant | 2:50 |
| Sukiyaki | 2:58 |
| I Love You Samantha | 2:23 |
Vinyl Vault Presents the Jazz Trombones [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 3:10 |
| Careless Love | 3:25 |
| Tiger Rag | 1:58 |
Beatles Beginnings, Vol. 1: Quarrymen - Skiffle - Country - Western [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When the Saints Go Marchin' In |
Boaters Bowlers & Bowties: The Best of Barber, Ball & Bilk [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 2:56 |
| Stranger on the Shore | 3:19 |
| Midnight in Moscow | 3:00 |
| Basin Street Blues | 3:15 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 2:44 |
Chris Barber with Joe Harriott at the BBC, December 1963 [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| St Louis Blues (Jingle Bells Fade Out) | 3:47 |
Come Friday/South Rampert Street Parade [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sweet Sue, Just You | 7:45 |
| St. Louis Blues | 11:41 |
Concert 80, Vol. 2 [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | 8:29 |
| St. Louis Blues | 10:32 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | 6:01 |
The Pye Jazz Anthology [2008]
Can't Stop Now: European Tour 2007 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lead Me On [Instrumental] | 5:10 |
| Gin House | 4:03 |
| Medley: Big Noise from Winnetka/Pitt's Extract/Sunshine of Your Love [M | 9:51 |
Nixa Jazz Today [Box Set] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 3:52 |
| Sweet Savannah Sue | 3:33 |
| Diga Diga Doo | 3:19 |
| Mood Indigo [Live] | 4:28 |
| The Lonesome Road | 2:50 |
| The Sheik of Araby | 8:58 |
| Careless Love [Live] | 5:23 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 3:17 |
| Careless Love | 3:31 |
| High Society | 3:05 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 6:30 |
70th Birthday Concert [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | 6:26 |
| I'm Tore Down | 5:56 |
| California | 15:30 |
The Best of Chris Barber [Castle] [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 3:52 |
| Careless Love | 3:29 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 3:18 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 3:15 |
| High Society | 3:05 |
| The Sheik of Araby | 8:49 |
| My Old Kentucky Home | 3:10 |
| Sweet Sue - Just You | 3:18 |
| Lonesome Road | 2:38 |
| Mood Indigo [Live] | 4:21 |
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands: UK Studio Recordings [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 3:50 |
Jazz at Preservation Hall/Here Is Chris Barber [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Corrine, Corrina | 3:55 |
| Diga Diga Doo | 3:19 |
Mardi Gras at Marquee [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Right Place, Wrong Time | 4:55 |
| Such a Night | 6:23 |
| Iko Iko (Jockomo) | 5:47 |
The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast 1998 [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Takes a Worried Man | 3:40 |
| Lost John | 3:33 |
| Goin' Home | 3:08 |
| Good Morning Blues | 2:52 |
| Outskirts of Town | 4:20 |
| Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O | 1:51 |
| Alabamy Bound | 2:22 |
| Midnight Special | 2:53 |
| Dead or Alive | 2:33 |
| Frankie and Johnny | 4:31 |
| Goodnight Irene | 2:46 |
| Railroad Bill | 1:57 |
| The Ballad of Jesse James | 3:07 |
| I Wanna Go Home | 3:46 |
Cornbread, Peas & Black Molasses [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mood Indigo | 6:16 |
| Isle of Capri | 3:46 |
| St. Louis Blues/Sax 'A' Bone | 7:30 |
Blues Book, Vol. 1/Good Morning, Blues! [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Good Mornin' Blues | 2:48 |
| Frankie and Johnny | 3:08 |
| Hamp's Blues [Instrumental] | 2:30 |
Jazz Jamboree [1998]
Trad Party! [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Midnight in Moscow | 3:00 |
| Careless Love | 3:29 |
| When the Saints Go Marchin' In | 3:08 |
Live at the BP Studienhaus [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Isle of Capri | 4:11 |
| Midnight Special | 2:57 |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | 7:30 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 3:41 |
At the BBC Wireless Days 1961-62 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Isle of Capri | 3:44 |
| St. Louis Blues | 4:52 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 4:21 |
Best of British Jazz From the BBC Jazz Club, Vol. 3 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sweet Lorraine | 4:27 |
| Farewell Blues | 3:51 |
60 Timeless Classics From the Giants of Traditional Jazz [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Green Leaves of Summer | 2:51 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 3:18 |
60 Timeless Classics from the Giants of Traditional Jazz [1994]
The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 1 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Basin Street Blues/Take Me Back to New Orleans |
Louis Jordan & Chris Barber [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | 3:50 |
| Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule | 2:45 |
| Choo Choo Ch'Boogie | 2:31 |
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? | 3:17 |
Take Me Back to New Orleans [1980]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Tipitina | 4:03 |
| New Orleans | 4:42 |
| Basin Street Blues/Take Me Back to New Orleans | 6:15 |
Echoes of Ellington, Vol. 1 [1976]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mood Indigo | 8:26 |
| Sophisticated Lady | 4:54 |
| Just Squeeze Me | 5:18 |
The Entertainer [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Sheik of Araby | |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Echoes of Harlem [1955]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | |
| Diga Diga Doo | |
| Betty And Dupree | |
| Glory |
From Me to You: Classic Hits
Greatest Hits Collection
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Careless Love | 3:29 |
| Mood Indigo | 4:26 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | 4:38 |
| Bugle Call Rag | 4:16 |
| Tiger Rag | 3:10 |
Memories Of My Trip
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Kansas City | 7:02 |
| Goin' Home | 4:32 |
| Lonesome Road | 4:41 |
| Rose Room | 5:11 |
| On The Sunny Side Of The Street | 4:42 |
| Blues Stay Away From Me | 3:44 |
