TROMBONIST Chris Barber has been the most important figure in British traditional jazz for over 50 years.
His current band sets the benchmark for quality, featuring a host of star names and the Fife Jazz Festival is delighted to have the legend and his band appearing at Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall on Friday February 10.
Over the years, Chris Barber's Jazz Band evolved into the Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band, a richly-textured eight-piece group, blending brass, reeds, and electric guitar into a unique and unmistakable mix of blues and jazz.
And despite being 'on the slide' since 1949, having performed over 10,000 concerts and made thousands of recordings, the Chris Barber Band keeps marching on, right into the 21st century. At the end of 2001 Chris extended his band with three more musicians into The BIG Chris Barber Band.
They play a wide ranging repertoire from New Orleans classics to classic Duke Ellington tunes.
A rare chance to hear a jazz legend with an absolutely top-notch band.
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