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| The Chris Barber's Jazz Band/ The Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band section of the website covers many aspects of the band between the split with Ken Colyer in 1954 and the expansion of the band to the Big Chris Barber Band in 2001 -- plus a few recent personnel changes. The page is divided into three sections: (1) To begin with, and to put things in perspective, there are some "overview" pages about how the band's personnel changed over a period of fifty years; (2) Pages covering specific periods in the band's history; and (3) Some special "feature pages" about the earliest days of the band. |
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| Overview Pages |
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Band members -- A composite photo of all band members from 1953 to the present. |
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Evolution -- Changes in band personnel illustrated with photographs of each "line-up" and records made by each "version" of the band. |
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From 1953 to Today ... The Instrumentalists -- On this set of pages we feature photographs of every musician who has held a long-term position in the Chris Barber Band since the days of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen in 1953. Each photograph is accompanied by the dates that each was a member of the band, plus one or more musical excerpts that best illustrate his approach to the instrument. |
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Former members of the band -- Individual pages celebrating the contributions of each band member over a fifty-year period. |
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| "The Barber Years": Pages about Specific Line-Ups of the Band |
| [Just five of these pages to date: more to come....] |
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| Feature Pages |
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A page to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of New Orleans to London by Ken Colyer's Jazzmen in 1953. |
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A page to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of Chris Barber's Jazz Band on 31 May 1954. |
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