A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: ustas on April 19, 2011, 11:53:06 AM
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BBC Radio 2 Chris Barber: Leader of the Band
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010dj3h
Episode 1
Wed 20 Apr 2011 22:00
Jools Holland presents the first part of a major profile of this British jazz great, one of the most influential of all time.....
...The programme features extensive recollections from Chris himself, alongside contributions from Mark Knopfler, Paul Jones, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Van Morrison, Jon Hiseman, Phil Collins, Lonnie Donegan, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and more.
Episode 2
Wed 27 Apr 2011 22:00
Jools Holland presents the second part of a profile of the British jazz great. With contributions from Chris himself, Mark Knopfler, Paul Jones, and Jon Hiseman.
This week's programme looks at the second part of Barber's career - including his collaboration with Paul McCartney - and examines the often unexpected ways in which he has influenced the British music scene
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Thanks ustas, this deserves its own thread in case it is missed in the other one. :)
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The sky+ will be in use again so - Phil Collins in with all those legends,it must be a misprint ::) ::)
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on-line http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b010dj3h The episode with Mark starting from 00:51
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Thanks ustas. Forgot to listen so will use the iplayer.
Chris Barber was a special guest at the Ronnie Scott show I was at in 1999.
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i was there too.
july 19th and 20th.
the cd is brilliant by the way.
clapton is better on it then i have heard in years.
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Why didn't you say hello?
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coz you was behind me you fool! :lol
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Have just downloaded the MK tracks and they are really good indeed and very refreshing to hear Chris playing away to Mark's lovely guitar playing. My wife can't keep a straight face when she is listening to these tracks as she thinks the trombone parts make the tracks sound like they are from 'the muppet show' or 'Laurel and Hardy' ;D
Jokes aside these tracks have to be heard... I Didn't worry about purchasing the whole album as I am not a 'jazz' fan but listening to Mark and Chris playing together temporarily made me a jazz fan!!
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Contains far
More then just jazz!
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I know this is old hat but I obviously totally missed this thread and just discovered this version (of which I wasn't aware!!!!) last night on YouTube.
So, just because it is Sunday and because it is such a joyful and uplifting rendition, I might be allowed to reanimate this thread and post this:
Mark sings in such a great, moved and wonderful way, love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mH5EtH14g
Always loved this song, it is very special and close to a masterpiece, and I would love to see it as a last song at one of Mark's shows (again)...
The other song from that event, "Blues Stay Away From Me" is also available. Song Number Three I did not find.
All the best,
LE
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Just check the recordings from those days. Omg, the memories of being there. Sitting front row with Marijn and all those others, having fun discovering London, going out for dinner with those other mk fans, the little place that Ronnie Scott's really is.
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When took these recordings place? Had no idea you all were there... :thumbsup
LE
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Thank you, LE! I loved it - just saved it too! :thumbsup
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not currrently available...:-(
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Good morning all. If I'm not mistaken, this version, trombone and all, is the same one Mark did when he guested on Garrison Keillor's The Prairie Home Companion. It was August 16, 2006, and Emmy Lou was also on the program. They did several songs through five segments of the program, and ended the last one, segment 5, with The Next Time I'm in Town. The first time I heard that trombone, I could hardly believe it! :D
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Good morning all. If I'm not mistaken, this version, trombone and all, is the same one Mark did when he guested on Garrison Keillor's The Prairie Home Companion. It was August 16, 2006, and Emmy Lou was also on the program. They did several songs through five segments of the program, and ended the last one, segment 5, with The Next Time I'm in Town. The first time I heard that trombone, I could hardly believe it! :D
some info here
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2006/08/12/
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It isn't the same as the Chris Barber version though, is it? Just a similar one. :think
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It isn't the same as the Chris Barber version though, is it? Chris isn't mentioned in The Prairie Home Companion show. :think
definitely not the same
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It isn't the same as the Chris Barber version though, is it? Chris isn't mentioned in The Prairie Home Companion show. :think
definitely not the same
Just similar. ;)
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We were also at Ronnie Scott's when Chris Barber played. But I came into this popular music malarkey from jazz. In my youth, I saw many American jazz musicians (the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Woody Herman, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Roland Kirk and others, some of them more than once), plus lots and lots of British jazzers of the time (the Tubby Hayes Big Band in a place no bigger than Scott's was literally and metaphorically a real blast, the music entering your body and soul). From there to the classic blues and on to country blues and from there to folk and on to folk rock. It was a steady downward trend. And now I post on a Mark Knopfler forum - draw your own conclusions!
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We were also at Ronnie Scott's when Chris Barber played. But I came into this popular music malarkey from jazz. In my youth, I saw many American jazz musicians (the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Woody Herman, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Roland Kirk and others, some of them more than once), plus lots and lots of British jazzers of the time (the Tubby Hayes Big Band in a place no bigger than Scott's was literally and metaphorically a real blast, the music entering your body and soul). From there to the classic blues and on to country blues and from there to folk and on to folk rock. It was a steady downward trend. And now I post on a Mark Knopfler forum - draw your own conclusions!
I don't reckon it was a downward trend at all! The very fact that you enjoyed all of those different genres means it was good music!
I have been a lifelong listener to all kinds of classical music, but I also love folk, blues and, of course MK and lots of others too! If what I am listening to gives me pleasure, then it's simply good music - not better or worse, just different! ;)
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OK, I'll take my tongue out of my cheek. For me, classical music wends its way in and out of my life - mainly recorded these days but in concert when younger. Enjoying a wide range of music is one of life's greatr pleasures, I agree.
To return to MK at Ronnie Scott's, if anyone has a recording of a show there in which someone suddenly shouts, "It's Bobby Valentino" - that was me. Sorry!
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OK, I'll take my tongue out of my cheek. For me, classical music wends its way in and out of my life - mainly recorded these days but in concert when younger. Enjoying a wide range of music is one of life's greatr pleasures, I agree.
To return to MK at Ronnie Scott's, if anyone has a recording of a show there in which someone suddenly shouts, "It's Bobby Valentino" - that was me. Sorry!
Of course he's played with Bob, hasn't he?
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He did.