Over the years, probably thousands of photographs -- amateur and professional, posed and informal -- have been taken of the Chris Barber Band and its individual members. This section of the Art of Chris Barber Website archives and makes public interesting examples of these photographs, which otherwise would rarely be available for widespread viewing. Some of them have been scanned from CD, LP, and EP record sleeves, others are originals, and still others have come from a variety of sources (most notably band archivist Julian Purser, who has made a substantial collection of material available). Sources are credited when known.

The photographs shown below are just a small start: there are hundreds more to be scanned and placed on the website!

Click on each photograph to go to a larger image. Then, you can go directly to the next one or return to this page. In some cases the versions you see here have been cropped to fit on the page.

Since there are now too many photographs to load on to one page, I have added Photographs, page 2.


Photographs of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen, 1953-54


Photographs Donated by Friends and Fans
Here are three recent photos of the Big Chris Barber Band on tour in the Netherlands in September, 2003. They were taken and donated by Helge Lorenz of Germany:
Here's another set of recent photos from Helge Lorenz -- they were taken at European concerts in late 2002 and early 2003:
Helge Lorenz took these pictures from backstage on Saturday, November 1, 2003 in Bremen:

Backstage with the Big Chris Barber Band:
These photographs were taken by Ed Jackson at the Colston Hall, Bristol, on December 6, 2003, prior to a concert by the "Three Bs," Chris Barber, Acker Bilk, and Kenny Ball.

Photographs, page 2.

Toni Ginsel has posted an extensive gallery of photographs from recent Chris Barber concerts on his own website.


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