Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 14th May 2019

BEAT BOOM

This week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton features a 1950s radio broadcast and commercial release by a significant figure in the British rhythm and blues and 'beat boom' of the 1960s, trad jazz trombonist and band leader, Chris Barber. See the full Phantom Dancer play list of swing and jazz mixed by Greg Poppleton from live 1920s-60s radio below.

PHANTOM DANCER

This week's Phantom Dancer will be online right after the 14 May 2SER live mix at 2ser.com. Hear the show live every Tuesday 12:04-2pm on 107.3 2SER Sydney [caption id="attachment_8082" align="alignnone" width="525"] Chris Barber jazz band 1953[/caption]

BARBER

English trad bandleader and trombonist, who apart from recording UK top 20 trad jazz records, helped the careers of many musicians. These include blues singer Ottilie Patterson who we'll hear live on the BBC in 1955, Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and, later, Alexis Korner.

SUNSHINE

Barber and Monty Sunshine (clarinet) formed a band in 1953, calling it Ken Colyer's Jazzmen to capitalise on their trumpeter's recent trip to New Orleans. This band included Donegan, Jim Bray (bass), Ron Bowden (drums) and Barber on trombone. The band played Dixieland jazz, and later ragtime, swing, blues and R&B. Pat Halcox took over on trumpet in 1954 when Colyer moved on after musical differences and the band became "The Chris Barber Band". In 1959 the band's version of Sidney Bechet's 'Petite Fleur', a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Barber on string bass, spent twenty-four weeks in the UK Singles Charts, making it to No. 3 and selling over one million copies. It was awarded a gold disc. After 1959 he toured the United States many times where 'Petite Fleur' charted at #5. [caption id="attachment_8083" align="alignnone" width="525"] Ottile Patterson[/caption]

BLUES

In the late 1950s and early 1960s Barber was mainly responsible for arranging the first UK tours of blues artists Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Muddy Waters, sparking young musicians such as Peter Green, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones. British rhythm and blues powered the British invasion of the USA charts in the 1960s. Barber stunned traditionalists in 1964 by introducing blues guitarist John Slaughter into the line up. A recording of the Lennon–McCartney composition "Catswalk" can be heard, retitled "Cat Call", on The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away. Written by Paul McCartney the song was recorded in late July 1967 and released as a single in the UK on 20 October 1967.

RECENT

In 2014, Barber published his autobiography Jazz Me Blues with co-author Alyn Shipton. Now, at age 89, Chris Barber continues to perform.

VIDEO

This week's Phantom Dancer video of the week is a half-hout TV show of Chris Barber and band on French TV in 1972. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Sq1uDsVyM

14 MAY PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #386
107.3 2SER Tuesday 14 May 2019 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 - 8pm and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Big Bands on 1942-45 Radio
Open + Hallelujah! + The Song is You	Jerry Ward Orchestra (voc) Dick Merrick	'Spotlight Bands' Blue Network 28 Oct 1944
Open + Instrumental	Benny Carter Orchestra	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 16 Apr 1945
This Love of Mine + Close	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra	'Spotlight Bands' Blue Network 1942
Set 2	Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Four	Miles Davis and John Coltrane	'Bandstand USA' Cafe Bohemia WOR Mutual NY 17 May 1958
Bye Bye Blackbird	Miles Davis and John Coltrane	'Bandstand USA' Cafe Bohemia WOR Mutual NY 17 May 1958
Walkin' + Two Bass Hit	Miles Davis and John Coltrane	'Bandstand USA' Cafe Bohemia WOR Mutual NY 17 May 1958
Set 3	Duke Ellington
Take The A-Train + Strollin'	Duke Ellington Orchestra	El Patio Ballroom KLZ CBS Denver 15 Jul 1942
Waiting For The Evening Train	Duke Ellington Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Cafe Zanzibar New York City AFRS Re-broadcast 7 Oct 1945
Take the A-Train + Lullaby of Birdland	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Bette Roche	Birdland WNBC NBC NY 24 Nov 1952
Set 4	Chris Barber 1950s
You Don't Understand + Everybody Loves My Baby	Chris Barber Jazz Band	BBC Light Programme London 9 May 1955
Double Check Stomp	Chris Barber Jazz Band	Comm Rec London 1959
See See Rider	Chris Barber Jazz Band (voc) Ottile Patterson	BBC Light Programme London 9 May 1955
Set 5	Herman and James in New Orleans
Blue Flame (theme) + Nice Work If You Can Get It	Woody Herman Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt WWJ CBS New Orleans 10 Nov 1951
Honeysuckle Rose	Harry James New Jazz Group	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt WWJ CBS New Orleans 1951
Bijou	Woody Herman Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt WWJ CBS New Orleans 20 Oct 1951
Moonlight Fiesta	Harry James New Jazz Group	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt WWJ CBS New Orleans 1951
Set 6	1931 Jack Hylton Records
Mausie	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Comm Rec London 1931
Neverthelessjack hylton, bristish jazz, sydney radio	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Comm Rec London 1931
Today I Feel So Happy	Jack Hylton Orchestra (voc)	Comm Rec London 1931
Heartaches	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Comm Rec London 1931
Set 7	Vocal Dexterity on 1930s Radio
Honeysuckle Rose	Leo Watson	'Rudy Vallee Show' WEAF NBC Red NY 24 Mar 1939
Swinging on the Strings	The Inkspots	WEAF NBC Red NY 9 Aug 1935
Nagasaki + The Sheik of Araby	Les and Scotty	'Shell Chateau' KFI NBC Red LA 1937
Tiger Rag	The Inkspots	WFIL NBC Red Philadelphia 12 Jul 1939
Set 8	Dizzy Gillespie
Shaw Nuff	Dizzy Gillespie and more	Comm Rec New York City 11 May 1945
Koko (theme) + Hot House	Dizzy Gillespie and more	'Bands for Bonds' WOR Mutual NY 13 Sep 1947
Intro + Blue and Boogie	Dizzy Gillespie and more	'Symphony Sid Show' Birdland WJZ ABC NY 31 Mar 1951