Beryl Audley Bryden (11 May 1920 – 14 July 1998) was an English jazz singer, who played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan.
Bryden was a friend of Black Anna Hannant who ran the Jolly Butchers pub in Ber Street, Norwich.
[3][1] She also worked with Mick Mulligan and George Melly at London jazz venues such as the Cook's Ferry Inn in Walthamstow and became a supporter of visiting American jazz acts when the Musicians Union ban was lifted and befriended amongst others, Buck Clayton, Louis Armstrong, and Bud Freeman with whom she recorded.
[4] In 1955 she joined the Chris Barber band on washboard, and played on the group's gold disc, "Rock Island Line" with Lonnie Donegan on vocals.
She remained active into the 1990s,[3] playing with the Metropolitan Jazz Band, Digby Fairweather, Nat Gonella and her own Blue Boys.