Chris Barber 1959-1960 - Double CD

The Trad Boom is taking off and in 1959 Chris Barber had few serious rivals. The collection includes the first LP made under Denis Preston's Lansdowne Jazz Series by the Barber band. It also features three EPs one each featuring Monty Sunshine, Pat Halcox and Ottilie Patterson. Also included are three tracks Chris Barber made in New York with the surviving members of Clarence Williams's band for the 1920s. There some previously unreleased tracks plus four from a concert in Detroit.

Description

Disc 1

Hiawatha Rag
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere
Darling Nellie Gray
Give Me Your Telephone Number
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair
Swanee River (version 1)
Squeeze Me
Creole Song
Golden Striker
Lift The Lid
Don’t Go ’Way Nobody
Tell It To The Marines
Li’l Liza Jane
Soudan
X Marks The Spot
Cecil’s Groove
The Sheik Of Araby

Disc 2

Swanee River (version 2)
How Long Blues
Well Alright, OK, You Win
Lonesome (Si Tu Vois Ma Mere)
New Orleans Hula
Burgundy Street Blues
Bagatelle
Solitariness
Do Lord
There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
‘Taint Nobody’s Business
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Oh, Baby!
Making Whoopee
Phil’s Late
When You Wore A Tulip
Camp Meeting Blues
South
Doctor Jazz
Chimes Blues
Saratoga Swing
The Martinique