Chris Barber A Trailblazer's Legacy (4-CD + Book, Ltd.)

This set of four CDs and a book, fully authorized by Chris Barber and with a playing time of approximately five hours, is a testament to the remarkable career of Chris Barber.  It includes an eighteen thousand word discography and biography by Alyn Shipton and an insider's account of Barber's racing career by Dave Brodie.  The music spans the seven decades from his first studio recordings in 1951 to a final session in 2018 just four months before his 89th birthday.  It was made on the occasion of his 89th birthday. It includes collaborations with many other internationally known musicians.  
To have led a jazz band for over seventy years would be a remarkable achievement in itself, but to have also been at the forefront of the blues revival in Britain and to have brought such pioneering musicians as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan and Professor Alex Bradford and many others to Britain in the first place is equally significant.  The book's section is illustrated with one hundred and fifty photographs and images from
Chris Barber's private collection and other sources and is a fitting tribute to his extraordinary life.