Little Walter - 1947-1953

Title: 1947-1953 Artist: Little Walter Release Date: 6/15/2004 Label: Jazz Classics Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 3307510509120 Genre: Blues Styles: Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Harmonica Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Relaxed, Aggressive, Boisterous, Brash, Fiery, Gritty, Passionate, Raucous, Street-Smart, Earthy, Exuberant, Rollicking Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Ora Nelle Blues
2. I Just Keep Loving Her
3. Juke
4. Can't Hold On Much Longer
5. Blue Midnight
6. Boogie
7. Mean Old World
8. Sad Hours
9. Fast Boogie
10. Don't Need No Horse
11. Don't Have to Hunt No More
12. Crazy Legs
13. Tonight With a Fool
14. Off the Wall
15. Tell Me Mama
16. Blues With a Feeling
17. Quarter to Twelve
18. Last Boogie
19. Too Late
20. Fast Boogie
21. Lights Out
22. Fast Large One
23. You're So Fine
24. My Kind of Baby

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Jazz Classics 5091

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This 24-track compilation from the French Classics label focuses on Little Walter's crucial early sessions for Parkway, Ora-Nelle, and Checker. At the time of these recordings, the distorted amplified sound of Walter Jacobs' harmonica was helping map out the postwar blues idiom as an important presence in Muddy Waters' band, while under his own name Walter released such electric chicago blues classics as "I Just Keep Loving Her," "Tell Me Mama," "Lights Out," "Blues With a Feeling," and the instrumental romp "Juke," which propelled the harpist into national prominence in 1952. Of the numerous available overviews of Little Walter's extraordinary career, this is one of the best. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dave Penny Liner Notes David Myers Guitar Elgin Edmonds Drums Ernest "Big" Crawford Bass Fred Below Drums Henry Gray Piano Jimmy Rogers Guitar Little Walter Harmonica Louis Myers Guitar Muddy Waters Guitar Willie "Popsy" Dixon Drums