1960's Jazz Musicians :CHRIS BARBER

A really lovely picture that lets me revisit my youth.Thanks!

Chris Barber and Monty Sunshine were the more restrained jazzmen and Monty was much under-rated on the clarinet, I felt, compared to Acker who made the charts in the early 60s via "Stranger on the Shore " and the BBC Sunday evening children's serial where it was usedThese take me back to my school-days of the early 60s when jazz was just about tolerated by the Headmaster but not Rock 'n Roll. Great daysThanks

Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band with George Melly was one I liked.

Thanks Folks !! Well I saw George Melly at the 100 Club too but I cannot find any photos of him at the moment -- he used to wear a striped shirt I remember ! At the Richmond Jazz Festival they announced a 'New Band' called the 'Rolling Stones' and when they came on I thought they were rubbish as i liked the 'TRAD Jazz' and I came out of the tent without taking any photos !! I have some more pics of 'Jazz Fans' dressed up in Ilford, Essex when there used to be big Jazz events at Ilford Town Hall -- I will upload some for you to see --

Mick Mulligan played at Cooks Ferry Inn. I never went to any concerts at Ilford although I lived just down the road in Wanstead. National Service and going abroad disrupted my listening. I was a member of the London Jazz Club and also went to the crypt of a church near Marble Arch when Humphrey Lyttelton formed his club and the LJC moved.

I had a COLOUR print of Humphrey Littelton as a 16x12" enlargement but it was on the older 'EP2' chemistry and faded and I dumped it after being nagged by Wife to clear out lots of my photos in the garage.

Most of my photographs and negatives were stored in my loft darkroom, an area my wife could not access !