Chris Barber: 'He only had to stamp his foot four times and New Orleans came to town'
Anne Hailes with jazz musician Chris Barber 13 March, 2021 01:00 WHEN your hero dies, it hurts. All the years of admiration, memories, loving and losing, crowd into your mind and I have such memories in spades following the death of jazz man extraordinaire Chris Barber. I’m of the generation when Dixieland dominated our lives. The names are legendary now: Chris's wife, blues singer Ottilie Patterson; Kenny Ball; Acker Bilk; Jackie Flavelle; Lonnie Donegan; even Van Morrison played with the band - they were a jiver's delight. Chris was 90 years old and suffering deme...
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