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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Brownie McGhee - Narrative Memories Of My Trip | |||
| 2. Ottile Paterson with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and the Chris Barber Band - When Things Go Wrong With You | |||
| 3. Ottile Paterson with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and the Chris Barber Band - Do Lord, Do Remember Me | |||
| 4. Eric Clapton & Chris Barber - Weeping Willow | |||
| 5. The Muddy Waters Blues Band with Chris Barber - Kansas City | |||
| 6. James Cotton, Alexis Korner, Chris Barber and Keith Scott - Love Me Or Leave Me | |||
| 7. Rory Gallagher with Chris Barber - Can't Be Satisfied | |||
| 8. Lonnie Donegan with the Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band - Diggin' My Potatoes | |||
| 9. Jeff Healey and his Jazz Wizards with Chris Barber - Goin' Up The River | |||
| 10. Van Morrison with the Chris Barber Skiffle Group - How Long Blues | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Ottile Paterson with the Chris Barber Band and Edmond Hall - St. Louis Blues | |||
| 2. Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Edmond Hall and Ian Wheeler - High Society | |||
| 3. Keith Emerson and the T-Bones with Chris Barber - Rock Candy | |||
| 4. Trummy Young with the Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band - Georgia On My Mind | |||
| 5. Joe Darensbourg, Pat Halcox and Chris Barber - Rose Room | |||
| 6. Albert Nicholas with the Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band - C Jam Blues | |||
| 7. The Boston Tea Party with Chris Barber and John Slaughter - Tea Party Blues | |||
| 8. Eddie Durham with the Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band - Jack Teagarden Blues | |||
| 9. Sammy Price, Sandy Brown, Chris Barber, Ruan O'Lochlainn and Keith Smith - Tailgate Boogie | |||
| 10. Chris Barber's Six Piece Band with Jools Holland - Sunny Side Of The Street | |||
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For more than 60 years, Chris Barber has been one of the giants of the British jazz scene. Without compromising his high musical standards or the precision of his trombone playing, he has displayed the ability to adapt to seismic changes in jazz music, earning admiration well beyond these shores. His band has embraced traditional jazz, blues, R&B, skiffle and gospel, and they’re all represented here on this glorious two-CD set.
The title-track tells us a lot about the spirit of this man and his music. It was written by American blues singer Brownie McGhee, whom Barber brought over from America to Europe at his own expense, so that his band could learn more about performing the blues from musicians steeped in the tradition. On his return, McGhee wrote this affectionate song listing the places where they’d played, and the people they met, while in the UK and Europe. As Barber recalls in the liner notes, some names posed a problem for the writers at Smithsonian-Folkways: "They tried to write down exactly what he’d sung… Ottilie (Paterson) was transformed into the blues singer R. B. Patterson!"
Many tracks here are very rare, compilers often eschewing Barber’s commercial recordings for more distinctive performances. Muddy Waters sings the Leiber/Stoller Kansas City taped at the Capital Jazz Festival of 1979; and Trummy Young, a legendary trombonist from the Earl Hines orchestra of 33-37, leads off Georgia on My Mind, recorded on a German tour in 1978. More home-grown are the band’s resident singer Ottilie Patterson performing St Louis Blues as if she were at a wake, the rough recording adding to the atmosphere, and Lonnie Donegan doing his thing with Diggin’ My Potatoes. Ottilie is mesmeric again on Lonesome Road, from a BBC Jazz Club session of 1962.
Other treasures include Joe Darensbourg on clarinet for the sweet ballad Rose Room, innovative guitar playing from Rory Gallagher on Can’t Be Satisfied, Jeff Healey’s paean to Satchmo in Goin’ Up the River, and the sprightly Ken Colyer composition Goin’ Home with Van Morrison on vocals. He’s one of a handful of relatively more contemporary artists, including Andy Fairweather-Low, Eric Clapton, Paul Jones and a supremely relaxed Mark Knopfler, who duet with Barber. Each displays fine versatility and easily conveys their enjoyment in performing with this legendary figure.
--Adrian Edwards
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The Guardian
"..testaments to how influential Barber was for a generation of rockers, enthused not only by his dedication to jazz roots, but also by an unsectarian attitude some purists saw as heretical.."
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I wouldn't class myself as much of Jazz fan, I've only come across Chris Barber through his appearance with John Mayall, but this is a fantastic album with some lovely foot-tapping songs. Cream of the crop for me have to be 'I'll Be Rested', with Paul Jones, and Trummy Young on a fantastic version of 'Georgia On My Mind'.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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When lifetime or music achievement awards are handed out ther would not be a more worthy winner than Chris Barber.For some he's lead a jazz band and big band for many years, but more than that he's introduced and inspired over that time some amazing musicians to us, he's brought the great American blues legends such as Muddy Waters to the UK and the first to do so,and in that has directly inspired so manyu of our modern European blues and jazz players.A manresected throughout music and should long ago have recieved a knighthood for his services to music.He's now eighty and still doesn't seem to slow down much at all.So to this CD,or two to be honest, and if there's a better release this year I'll be amazed,let's see you don't only get Chris with his various band members but you get Eric Clapton with an excellent version of 'Weepin' Willow',Rory Gallagher,Jeff Healey,Van Morrison,Jools Holland, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee,Lonnie Donegan (former Chris band member in his early days),Andy Fairweather Low, his wife the wonderful Ottillie Patterson, and Paul Jones with a superb track of 'I'll Be Rested'.Throughout a wonderful mix of jazz,blues and gospel,every track worth inclusion not a dud among them.There are standout tracks but it's a pure listening pleasure whether you like blues or jazz or music in general, consistently well played with some of the best musicians over the last forty years plus on thirty odd tracks you'll play again and again.Best value release of the years in quality ,price and pure listening enjoyment.Utterly unmissable.To Chris Barber thank you so much for yourt contribution to music,your enthusiasm ,long may it continue now Your Majesty about this knighthood be a good year to give it to this great man of music.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Bought this CD for my dad, who's a massive jazz fan, after reading a glowing review in the Sunday Times. He rates it as the best jazz compilation he's ever heard. Particular praise goes to the duet with the late John Slaughter.
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Memories of my trip
An excellent album with the accent on Barber's varied styles and co-performers. There is something here for the purists as well as fans of blues and rocking gospel numbers. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Roy Headland
very good value
Had it for a birthday present and play it all the time, I especially appreciate all the various artist playing with Chris Barber on this CD so that gives it a five star rating. Read more
Published 5 months ago by merry mac
Marvellous Memories
Chris Barber is an exceptionally talented trombonist with a gift for getting the best out of fellow musicians and holding their music together. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. Elliott
Memories of my trip - Chris Barber
This double CD is an absolute gem consisting as it does of previously unreleased material. The sheer number of participants from outside the band, the quality of the playing and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by W. J. Mclaughlin
Thanks for the Memories - Fantastic Trip!
An excellent double album containing a cornucopia of 31 tracks of blues, jazz, skiffle and gospel music celebrating the great Chris Barber's 80th Birthday. Read more
Published 9 months ago by jraff
Memories of my trip
This is the best Jazz Album released in a long time. Covering many different eras of Chris Barber's carreer, it includes tracks which highlight John Slaughter's undeniable... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Argyler
Trip Remembered
As a life long follower of Chris Barber from the very beginning, this is a real trip down memory lane. Long may he play.
Published 11 months ago by why
Memories of my Trip
This isn't the Chris Barber of my youth and I was disappointed that he appears to have "moved on". But it's wonderful that they can keep blowing still. How reassuring!!!
Published 12 months ago by J. Bradley
Chris Barber cd
As a long time Barber fan, this cd - my story - is just great!
Super value, speedy delivery - just great again!
Super value, speedy delivery - just great again!
Published 12 months ago by Mike
chris and friends
chris has certainly lots of friends playing on this which is almost certain to become a classic album there are no space fillers on this cd at all rory gallagher lonnie donegan... Read more
Published 13 months ago by J. I. Edwards
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