Chris Barber had built one of the most popular bands during the Trad Jazz boom of the late 1950s. Trad's popularity declined with the advent of the Beatles. Many bands struggled on, but Chris Barber rose to the challenge and altered and adapted his band and this CD traces the early days of those changes. In 1961 his most famous sideman, Monty Sunshine, left and was replaced by Ian Wheeler. In pursuing a more R'n'B style Chris Barber also brought in Blues guitarist John Slaughter. John Slaughter died in 2010 and Ian Wheeler this year so this release isdedicated to those two fine musicians.