Chris Barber died on March 2nd 2021 at age 90. Read our extensive obituary.
The Big Chris Barber Band will carry on but Chris Barber has decided that at 89 its time to retire from full time playing.
Barber made some recordings with his first band in 1949 and remained active until a fall early this year took him off tour, a full 70 years in professional music. His band has stayed busy throughout the year playing over 40 shows while hopefully awaiting his return. But it seems like that was not to be. Instead, he has decided to celebrate his retirement and endorse the continued efforts of the band that bears his name.
While his early sidemen have moved on some in the current band have been with him since the 1980s. Others are among the top players in Europe. The current band includes Bob Hunt, tb, Mike Henry, tp, Peter Rudeforth, tp, with a reed section of Nick White, Ian Killoran and Bert Brandsma, John Day on bass, John Watson, drums, and key to that Chris Barber sound, Joe Farler on banjo.
The band has scheduled a concert to celebrate his retirement and legacy Friday, September 13, 2019 at Cadogan Hall, London. It is hoped that Chris Barber will be in a
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