Chris Barber is one of the most important pioneers of European jazz. This DVD celebrates his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. Recorded at Germany's Hot Jazz Festival 2002, he presents his new, eleven piece Big Chris Barber Band. And what a pleasure it is - the trombonist and his virtuoso bandmates confidently switch between New Orleans jazz and a tribute to the great Duke Ellington, playing swinging blues, and managing to inject new life into old favorites like Sweet Georgia Brown.