10" LP recorded in the 50's on the Pye Nixa label. Found the other day in a Leek charity shop in The Peak District for 99p. I have posted previously about Chris Barber but not this record I don't think. Mostly trad jazz instrumentals and one vocal by Ottilie Patterson on this side.
Wikipedia says - " 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."
Tracks are as follows - 1. Bye and Bye 2. Proud of Blues 3. When You and I Were Yound, Maggie 4. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Chris Barber - Side Two
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