

desertcart.com Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs is perhaps the most influential harmonica player on contemporary blues, and his collection is a great place to start. He was trained by Muddy Waters, but brought a more swinging feel to blues. Muddy and his band accompany Little Walter on many hits, as do Robert "Jr." Lockwood, the Aces, and other Chicago greats. In the 1950s, Little Walter's popularity eclipsed even Waters', his style a little more relaxed and pop-oriented. Walter's versions of many songs are the standards: "Blues with a Feeling," "You're So Fine," "Juke." Great stuff. --Robert Gordon Review: A good collection - A collection of blues would not be complete without the performances of legendary harmonica player Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs. This collection of 20 tracks includes harmonica, vocal, and the usual backup. All tracks produced by the Chess Brothers or Willie Dixon (who plays standup bass on some). Performers with Little Walter on various tracks include Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Louis and Dave Myers, Fred Below, etc. The Jewel case includes a brief bio of Little Walter, and a listing of the songs with the names of the groups performing. The 20 tracks, all with Little Walter (vocals and Harmonica) are: 1. "Juke" (1952) with Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers (guitars), and Elga Edmonds (drums) 2. "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" (1952) same personnel as track one 3. "Mean Old World" (1952) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars), and Fred Below (drums) 4. "Sad Hours" (1952) same personnel as track three 5. "Tell Me Mama" (1953) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars), Willie Dixon (standup bass), and Fred Below (drums) 6. "Off the Wall" (1953) same personnel as track five 7. "Blues With a Feeling" (1953) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars) and Fred Below (drums) 8. "You're So Fine" (1953) same personnel as track seven 9. "Too Late" (1953) same personnel as track seven 10. "Last Night" (1954) with Robert Lockwood and possibly Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 11. "Mellow Down Easy" (1954) same personnel as track ten 12. "My Babe" (1955) with Robert Lockwood and Leonard Caston (guitare), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 13. "Roller Coaster" (1955) with Bo Diddley (harmonica), Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 14. "Hate to See You Go"(1955) with Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 15. "It Ain't Right" (1955) same personnel as track fourteen 16. "Boom, Boom Out Goes the Light" (1955) same personnel as track fourteen) 17. "Confessin' the Blues" (1958) with Luther Tucker and Jimmy Lee Robinson (guitars), unknown (organ), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 18. "Key to the Highway" (1958) with Otis Spann (piano), Muddy Waters (slide guitar), Luther Tucker (guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), and George Hunter (drums) 19. "Everythings Gonna Be Alright" (1959) with Otis Spann (piano), Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Billy Stepney (drums) 20. "Just Your Fool" (1960) with Otis Spann (piano), Fred Robinson and Luther Tucker (guitars), Jimmy Lee Robinson and/or Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) Little Walter (1930 - 1968) was another case of "live fast, die young." Born in Mackville, Louisiana, he left home when he was 12 and started his musical career as a street busker, eventually arriving in Chicago in 1945. He made his first recording when he was 17, and joined the Muddy Waters band when he was 18. He sometimes played guitar, but is known for harmonica. He is credited with being the first person to purposely use electronic distortion to enhance his playing. He became a leader in 1952, and his first song, "Juke," hit number one on the R&B charts. Like many blues musicians, he toured Europe in the 1960s. He died following a fight at a Chicago nightclub in 1968 which was thought to have aggravated older injuries. Also available for Mp3 downloads where you can preview. For additional selections try The Singles As & Bs 1952-60 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET , or The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) , etc. Biographical material can be found in Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story or other sources. Review: Great Blues/Jazz harmonica - Great CD. !





















| ASIN | B000005KQT |
| Best Sellers Rank | #35,274 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #16 in Harmonica Blues #105 in Chicago Blues (CDs & Vinyl) #165 in Modern Blues (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (370) |
| Date First Available | December 7, 2006 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 2017027 |
| Label | Chess / MCA |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Chess / MCA |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Original Release Date | 1997 |
| Product Dimensions | 4.88 x 5.55 x 0.47 inches; 3.17 ounces |
F**D
A good collection
A collection of blues would not be complete without the performances of legendary harmonica player Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs. This collection of 20 tracks includes harmonica, vocal, and the usual backup. All tracks produced by the Chess Brothers or Willie Dixon (who plays standup bass on some). Performers with Little Walter on various tracks include Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Louis and Dave Myers, Fred Below, etc. The Jewel case includes a brief bio of Little Walter, and a listing of the songs with the names of the groups performing. The 20 tracks, all with Little Walter (vocals and Harmonica) are: 1. "Juke" (1952) with Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers (guitars), and Elga Edmonds (drums) 2. "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" (1952) same personnel as track one 3. "Mean Old World" (1952) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars), and Fred Below (drums) 4. "Sad Hours" (1952) same personnel as track three 5. "Tell Me Mama" (1953) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars), Willie Dixon (standup bass), and Fred Below (drums) 6. "Off the Wall" (1953) same personnel as track five 7. "Blues With a Feeling" (1953) with Louis Myers and Dave Myers (guitars) and Fred Below (drums) 8. "You're So Fine" (1953) same personnel as track seven 9. "Too Late" (1953) same personnel as track seven 10. "Last Night" (1954) with Robert Lockwood and possibly Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 11. "Mellow Down Easy" (1954) same personnel as track ten 12. "My Babe" (1955) with Robert Lockwood and Leonard Caston (guitare), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 13. "Roller Coaster" (1955) with Bo Diddley (harmonica), Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 14. "Hate to See You Go"(1955) with Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 15. "It Ain't Right" (1955) same personnel as track fourteen 16. "Boom, Boom Out Goes the Light" (1955) same personnel as track fourteen) 17. "Confessin' the Blues" (1958) with Luther Tucker and Jimmy Lee Robinson (guitars), unknown (organ), Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) 18. "Key to the Highway" (1958) with Otis Spann (piano), Muddy Waters (slide guitar), Luther Tucker (guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), and George Hunter (drums) 19. "Everythings Gonna Be Alright" (1959) with Otis Spann (piano), Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker (guitars), Willie Dixon (bass) and Billy Stepney (drums) 20. "Just Your Fool" (1960) with Otis Spann (piano), Fred Robinson and Luther Tucker (guitars), Jimmy Lee Robinson and/or Willie Dixon (bass) and Fred Below (drums) Little Walter (1930 - 1968) was another case of "live fast, die young." Born in Mackville, Louisiana, he left home when he was 12 and started his musical career as a street busker, eventually arriving in Chicago in 1945. He made his first recording when he was 17, and joined the Muddy Waters band when he was 18. He sometimes played guitar, but is known for harmonica. He is credited with being the first person to purposely use electronic distortion to enhance his playing. He became a leader in 1952, and his first song, "Juke," hit number one on the R&B charts. Like many blues musicians, he toured Europe in the 1960s. He died following a fight at a Chicago nightclub in 1968 which was thought to have aggravated older injuries. Also available for Mp3 downloads where you can preview. For additional selections try The Singles As & Bs 1952-60 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET , or The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) , etc. Biographical material can be found in Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story or other sources.
T**R
Great Blues/Jazz harmonica
Great CD. !
C**R
Walter's records were the tightest.
Run don't walk to buy this, great price. Little Walter had the tightest recordings on the Chess Blues lable, either with his own band or with various session players. Buy this one for Little Walter's absolute classics and supplement with other cds later. An argument could be made that Little Walter's sides were THE template for the 2 1/2 minute rock n' roll record. The production is crisp and balanced, the bands gritty and tight, great lyric hooks with in-the-pocket vocal phrasing, great guitar hooks, plus Walter's virtuosic harp solos...it doesn't get any better than this. Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf could meander while recording (to brilliant effect of course, no criticism there) but Walter made the best sounding RECORDS from start to finish. These Chess 50th Anniversary reissues are fantastic compilations, (Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy, Wolf, Walter, Chess Soul, et al) and the recordings never sounded better.
W**.
Blues Harmonica at its best
I had never heard of Little Walter till i started listening to Muddy Waters Little Walter was Muddys harp player for years. Then i saw he had a solo cd jumped on it fantastic blues harmonica which i love about the blues. If you love great blues harmonica you cant go wrong with this cd Little Walter just tears it up on the harmonica a must have for lovers of blues harp.
R**N
Good-Wish It Was 2Cds
This is a nice disc from Amazon- I did not have any of his material. Amazon provides an auto rip which is great. I just think Chess Records could have made this into a 2cd set. I am getting into Blues late in life, so I depend on samples & some of the great reviewers. I think this still is a nice set to own. Thank You
D**H
More Blues Harp Captured Here
When it comes to the label, Chess is the name that counts. Little Walter is definitely a master at playing the blues and he puts his money where his mouth is: Juke; My Babe; You're So Fine; Blues with a Feeling; Sad Hours; Mean Old World, and on and on! This is the one to buy when you need to hear some classic blues done with a feeling! Rock the house and crank it up loud. The Blues are hard to beat!
M**T
Greatest harmonica master, ever! Yes, that's a throw down!
Lead song is "Jule," arguably the greatest harmonica song ever recorded. There are three harmonica albums you need to start -- or finish -- your collection: this one, Sonny Boy Williamson's (aka Rice Miller) Chess 50th, and Little Stevie Wonder's 1963 Talma Records "Live" album with Fingertips 1 & 2. Ever wonder where the song "Boom, boom. Out go the lights!" came from. Buy this Little Walter CD and you'll find out. What a bargain.
J**Y
OMG, he is fine
For me, just saying he was one of the Big Blues Four (Muddy, the Wolf, Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamseon the nephew) says it all, but you have "Juke" and "My Babe" and "Key To the Highway" and seventeen others. Little Walter only has Sonny Boy II as a peer, and I can never decide who I like better, but Walter's output deserves a more in-depth examination. BUT these 20 selections are sonically pleasant and give Walter Jacobs more than ample space to take center stage. Walter was the progenitor of the harmonica-played-while-holding-the-mike style and the harp sound here rings out clearly here. Walter Jacobs' style influenced a generation of blues players, clean lines and a tight, swinging feel. These 20 tracks will become your close companion, get it now.
J**P
Tiene todos los temas que quería tener. Y en dos meses todavía no ha entrado al cajón. No paro de escucharlo
L**3
音質が良く、主要ヒット曲を集めた決定版の20曲入りのベストアルバム。リトル・ウォルターことウォルター・ジェイコブスの自作曲は14曲。共演者は曲によるが、マディ・ウォーターズ(ギター)、ジミー・ロジャース(ギター)、エルガ・エドモンズ(ドラムス)、ウィリー・ディクソン(ベース)、ルイスとデヴィッドのマイヤーズ兄弟(ギター)、フレッド・ベロウ(ドラムス)ら。全曲がシカゴで録音されている。 歌詞はないが6ページのライナー・ノーツがある。以下はその要約。 ・ウォルターは1947年に17歳でマディのグループに参加している。出身はルイジアナ州マークスヴィル。ハーモニカをアンプで増幅した功労者。 ・ハーモニカについてはソニー・ボーイ・ウィリアムソンII(ライス・ミラー)とソニー・ボーイ・ウィリアムソン(ジョン・リー・ウィリアムソン)から学んでいる。 ・“Juke”(1952年)はR&Bチャート1位の大ヒット。しかし、エルヴィス・プレスリー登場(1956年)とともに、ウォルターを含むブルーズマンはヒットを出しにくくなった。1968年に死去している。 なお、本作の収録曲のうち、“Just Your Fool”、“Hate To See You Go”をローリング・ストーンズは“Blue And Lonesome”(2016年)でカヴァーしている。
S**9
Great selection of Blues tunes. little Walter played with the best, and his own stuff is great too. I urge you to listen to the samples on this site.
G**Y
Man kann sich sicher wohl darüber streiten können, welche Bluesaufnahmen man einfach kennen muss, welche so elementar, stilprägend und mitreißend sind, dass es einfach keinen Weg um sie herum gibt. Daran, dass die Musik von Little Walter Jacobs auf jeden Fall dazugehört, wird jedoch niemand ernsthaft zweifeln. Little Walter ist der Gott der Blues Mundharmonika - kein zweiter hat nach Sonny Boy Williamson I das Spiel auf diesem kleinen, scheinbar simplen Instrument auf so nachhaltige, faszinierende Weise revolutioniert wie er. Er machte sich als Sideman der klassischen Muddy Waters Band einen Namen, popularisierte wie kein zweiter die elektrische Verstärkung seines Instrumentes und die damit einhergehenden neuen Möglichkeiten, schrieb zeitlose Klassiker und spielte mit einer der besten Bands seiner Zeit – den Aces. Die teilweise exotischen, immer großartig groovenden Rhythmen des großen Schlagzeugers Fred Below, das perfekte Zusammenspiel von den Myers Brüdern bzw. Robert Lockwood und Luther Tucker bildet den perfekten, immer spannend und doch disziplinierten Backdrop für Walters angenehme Singstimme und unfassbar perfekt nuanciertes, swingendes, immer innovatives und berauschend bluesiges Harp Spiel. Die vorliegende Zusammenstellung beschränkt sich auf Walters produktivste und kreativste Zeit – seine Aufnahmen für das Chess Label. Dessen wohl erfolgreichster Star er war, und das bei einer Konkurrenz wie Howlin’ Wolf und Muddy Waters. Der hagere Straßenjunge aus Louisiana mit dem vernarbten Gesicht und seiner nicht immer liebenswerten Persönlichkeit entfaltete sich innerhalb weniger Jahre zur Lichtfigur unter den Titanen seines Genres. Walter war eines der musikalischen Genies seiner Generation, ein Stilistiker, um den man nicht herumkam. Damals wie heute, denn welcher ernstzunehmende Mundharmonikaspieler unser Tage stiehlt sich nicht einen Großteil seiner Musik aus dem Vermächtnis Little Walters zusammen, so wie es bereits Generationen seiner Kollegen vor ihm getan haben? Genutzt hat es ihm letztendlich nicht viel. Vielleicht ist es einfach eine anthropologische Tatsache - die wirklich herausragenden Musiker tragen neben all ihrer kreativen Kraft einen auf Dauer kaum zu bändigenden Selbstzerstörungstrieb in sich. Ähnlich schnell, wie Little Walter aufgestiegen war, erfolgte der Absturz: Bereits mit 38 Jahren verstarb er - als ungeliebter, abgerissener Alkoholiker, dessen schöpferisches Feuer erloschen war. Ob die Auswahl aus dem nicht geringfügigen Fundus aller erhaltenen Little Walter Aufnahmen perfekt sei, bleibe dahingestellt. Natürlich verzichte ich nur ungern auf „Crazy Mixed Up World“, „Up The Line“ und „Blue Midnight“. So ist das aber nun mal, wenn eine Selektion vorgenommen werden muss. Und es ist immer gut, weitere Fundstücke für denjenigen neuen Hörer bereitzuhaben, den Walter ureigener Bandsound an die Angel bekommen hat. Apropos Sound – der ist für meine Ohren makellos. Bei teilweise mehr als 50 Jahre alten Aufnahmen! Wer gerade anfängt, sich in die faszinierende Welt des Chicago Blues hineinzuhören, wer sich erstmals mit der Mudharmonika als ernstzunehmendes, ausdruckstarkes, vielseitiges Musikinstrument auseinandersetzt, wer einfach einmal wissen will, wie perfektes musikalisches Zusammenspiel einer Band klingen kann, wer bislang blind durchs Leben gelaufen ist und das Licht erblicken will, zögere nicht länger und bestelle diesen zeitlosen Klassiker. Absolut und uneingeschränkt volle Punktzahl für unverzichtbare, lebensnotwenige Musik.
P**X
Les Stones, Paul Butterfield et tant d'autres se sont à l'évidence abreuvés à la source acide mais tonique de Little Walter. Enfant terrible de l'harmonica, il a donné au son de son instrument un mordant et une pêche terribles. L'amplification électrique qu'il lui conféra magnifie ce style décapant et vous arrache irrésistiblement aux mornes ruminations d'une vie routinière. Ecorché, cabossé, balafré par les quatre cents coups qui rythmaient sa vie, il disparut trop jeune à la fin des sixties, victime d'une mauvaise bagarre. Son empreinte reste heureusement indélébile dans la grande constellation du Blues. Ce disque est un superbe concentré de sa carrière météorique et permet de mesurer l'originalité de son talent de musicien mais aussi de chanteur et de compositeur (Juke, Confessin The Blues, It Ain't Right...).
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