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Monty Sunshine (born 8 April 1928, in Stepney
Stepney

Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located east north-east of Charing Cross and forms part of the East End of London....
, East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
), is a former clarinet
Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet....
ist whose main claim to fame was on "Petite Fleur", a clarinet solo that was a million seller for the Chris Barber band in 1959.

Along with Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan Order of the British Empire was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name....
, Jim Bray and Ron Bowden, forming the back line of what was the embryo Chris Barber
Chris Barber

Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber is best known as a jazz trombonist....
 band. Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer

Kenneth 'Edward' Colyer was a United Kingdom jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted totally to New Orleans jazz]]. His band was also known for skiffle interludes....
 was the original professional trumpet
Trumpet

The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
 player, with Monty on clarinet and the original 1953 band took the Colyer name until there was a split from Colyer in May 1954.






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Monty Sunshine (born 8 April 1928, in Stepney
Stepney

Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located east north-east of Charing Cross and forms part of the East End of London....
, East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
), is a former clarinet
Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet....
ist whose main claim to fame was on "Petite Fleur", a clarinet solo that was a million seller for the Chris Barber band in 1959.

Along with Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan Order of the British Empire was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name....
, Jim Bray and Ron Bowden, forming the back line of what was the embryo Chris Barber
Chris Barber

Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber is best known as a jazz trombonist....
 band. Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer

Kenneth 'Edward' Colyer was a United Kingdom jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted totally to New Orleans jazz]]. His band was also known for skiffle interludes....
 was the original professional trumpet
Trumpet

The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
 player, with Monty on clarinet and the original 1953 band took the Colyer name until there was a split from Colyer in May 1954. Pat Halcox
Pat Halcox

Patrick John 'Pat' Halcox , is a Jazz trumpet player in England....
 - who only turned the band down originally as he wanted to carry on his studies - took over the spot, and the band formally adopted the Chris Barber Jazz Band as its title.

The band very quickly made an international reputation following their inaugural tour of Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
, before their professional debut in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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.

Monty stayed with the band for several years, until he left around 1960, to be replaced by Ian Wheeler. He formed his own band, staying true to the original six man line up, whilst Barber expanded to 7, then 8 and finally to 11.

Monty returned to play a one off reunion concert with the original Chris Barber band at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon
Croydon

Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. It is south of Charing Cross, and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan....
 in June 1975. This was very well received and the band reformed once again for a very successful international reunion tour in 1994.

Monty retired around 2001.

Any discography would be extremely long but there are many CDs available with Colyer and Barber as well as with his own band.