[In 1963] the owner of the Academy Cinema said to Harold Pendleton, “I have to get you out, I’m afraid, because I need to convert this from being one cinema into being three screens on three floors, so I want the basement back.” We said, “But we wouldn’t know where to find anywhere else!” and [...]
Tag Archives: Chris Barber
Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 6
7 March, 2009 – 9:00 am
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Academy Cinema, Giorgio Gomelsky, Great Universal Stores, Harold Pendleton, Jeff Beck Group, Jimi Hendrix, Marquee, Mickey Waller, Richmond Jazz & Blues Festival, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Wardour Street, Yardbirds
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 5
5 March, 2009 – 9:00 am
After the first Newport and Monterey jazz festivals took place in America, Harold Pendleton and I thought, ‘This is great - we should be doing this.’ The difficulty for us was finding somewhere big enough where they would allow you to do it.
The first National Jazz & Blues Festival was held at Twickenham, the seat [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Events, Music
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Also tagged Cream, Eddie Condon, Harold Pendleton, Leeds Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, National Jazz & Blues Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Reading Festival, Richmond, Rolling Stones, Trad Boom
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 4
28 February, 2009 – 10:30 am
Watch a (rather overwrought!) American trailer for ‘Look Back In Anger’, featuring the music of Chris Barber’s band, here:
The Marquee became enormously popular. We took part in a film called ‘Look Back In Anger’ where Richard Burton as the ‘Angry Young Man’ hero plays the trumpet and sits in with my band in the club. [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Celebrities, Films, Music
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Also tagged Angry Young Man, Look Back In Anger, Marquee, Momma Don't Allow, Pinewood Studios, Richard Burton, Soho, Tony Richardson, Wood Green Jazz Club
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 3
27 February, 2009 – 10:27 am
The Marquee gradually got bigger, as live music of that nature became more popular, and then we wanted to do more blues and so on, not just traditional jazz, so we brought some American blues artists over to Britain, because we thought that the way to get hold of this music better was to have [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, Chicago blues, Cyril Davies, Guild Of Variety Artists, Harold Pendleton, Marquee, Muddy Waters, Musicians Union, Traditional jazz
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