On The Road (DVD)
The Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band
Storyville Films DVD 16068
Released 2004
On The Road is a DVD reissue in February 2004 of a documentary that was filmed in 1986 in Sweden, and made available after that on VHS videocassette. The one-hour film is an interesting programme that includes brief shots on the band actually "on the road," plus extensive interviews with Chris Barber, as well as a selection of tunes recorded before a live audience in a Swedish television studio.
Personnel: Pat Halcox (trumpet), Chris Barber (trombone, bass), John Crocker & Ian Wheeler (reeds), Johnny McCallum (banjo), Vic Pitt (bass), Roger Hill (guitar), Norman Emberson (drums).
Recording location & dates: Sonet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, 13 April & 26 May 1986. |