The Chris Barber Collection

[Late]

The Chris Barber Collection

I don't know Barber as a musician and trombonist, but rather as a collector/purveyor of excellent early jazz. The series on Timeless Records with his namesake deserves mention alongside Frog Records, Jazz Oracle, and JSP.

Any collectors here of this series? What titles do you recommend, and what are your favorites?

The selected 1934-1939 European recordings of Coleman Hawkins on a single disc is excellent:

Also want to recommend this title, one of the most pleasurable single-disc offerings of early jazz around:

Listen to the whole album here!

[miles65]

On 11/24/2022 at 6:59 PM, Late said:

Any collectors here of this series? What titles do you recommend, and what are your favorites?

I have a complete run of Timeless Historical CBC, Jazz Oracle, Retrieval and Frog. There is not one I unrecommend. I love the 2 Benny Goodman issues. The single disc 1928-1931 With his Brunswick/Vocalion recordings and an assortment of dance band recordings and the 2 CD set 1931-1935 with the Columbia recordings. The 1931 Melotone recordings are on Jazz Oracle. 

Big Charlie Thomas 1925-1927. A forgotten cornetist. 

The California Ramblers

Adrian Rollini withe the Golden Gate Orchestra (= California Ramblers)