Little Walter - His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
List Price:
Our Price: $8.99
You Save: $0.99 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $5.42 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
CD Details
Artist: Little WalterBrand: LITTLE WALTER
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-06-17
Music Label: Fontana Mca
Soundtracks:
- Juke
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Tell Me Mama
- Off the Wall
- Blues with a Feeling
- You're So Fine
- Too Late - Little Walter, Dixon, Willie
- Last Night
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter, Dixon, Willie
- My Babe - Little Walter, Dixon, Willie
- Roller Coaster - Little Walter, McDaniel, Elias
- Hate to See You Go
- It Ain't Right
- Boom, Boom out Goes the Lights - Little Walter, Lewis, Sammy [1]
- Confessin' the Blues - Little Walter, Brown, Walter
- Key to the Highway - Little Walter, Broonzy, Big Bill
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Just Your Fool
Music reviews of His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
Music Review: Blues Harp Bible
Rating: 5 Stars
Picture yourself in a crowded juke joint or blues bar on the southside of Chicago in the late '40's. Muddy Waters is about to play. He's already gone electric; I mean, he had to, to be heard over all the talking and yelling and what not. His harp player has about blown out a lung trying to be heard over all that din. Walter Jacobs has been doing a bit of experimenting himself, in an attempt to amplify the sound of that little instrument. Tonight he actually grabs the microphone off the stand, bumping it up close enough in his clasped hands to touch the harp. He cranks up the volume and starts to blow. The sound coming out of the amp is unlike anything anyone's ever heard. It's got a deep, heavy, honking, sexy wail, nothing at all like the unamplified harmonica sound of "country" blues. Men and women alike dance ecstatically, screaming and crying in excitement, over this new and intoxicating sound, this amazingly sensuous and insinuating beat. Necessity is the mother of invention; the guy was simply tired of people yelling that they couldn't hear him. So, being the innovator he was, he came up with a simple adjustment in technique.
This small act completely revolutionized the blues. Walter Jacobs, probably more than any other individual, has influenced every person who has ever played electric blues. When it comes to harp players, he is the undisputed king, the god, the creator, the originator. You can listen to anyone who's ever played amplified harp since it begun, somewhere late '40's, and you will hear Little Walter's riffs. Most people would probably admit that Little Walter is the reason they play harp at all!
This set contains all his best stuff, done after he went out on his own. Imagine this for a three-piece band: drums/bass/harp. That's it; no guitar. He actually played sets with this lineup, and blew the doors off. Most of the tunes on the set here do contain guitar, but it's clear that the lead is Walter and his harp. He wasn't content to just play ten-hole Marine band harps either; he incorporated the rich sound of the chromatic harp into his repertoire.
All blues fans and most of all, those enamored, bewitched, and obsessed with the wonderful sound of electric harp need to own this record and commit it to memory.
Description of His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
No Description AvailableNo Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: LITTLE WALTER
Title: HIS BEST
Street Release Date: 06/17/1997
Genre: BLUES
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
Chicago Blues CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in Chicago Blues CDs
Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore JamesRelease date: 1993-04-06; Music CD
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
Super SessionRelease date: 2003-04-08; Music CD
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops:
Sonny Boy Williamson - His BestRelease date: 1997-05-20; Music CD
Best price: $5.43
Price in other shops:
Little Walter - His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary CollectionLITTLE WALTER; Release date: 1997-06-17; Music CD
Best price: $6.64
Price in other shops:
Muddy Waters - The Definitive CollectionRelease date: 2006-05-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.48
Price in other shops:
Eric Clapton B. B. King - Riding with the KingRelease date: 2000-06-13; Music CD
Best price: $6.95
Price in other shops:
B.B. King - Live at the RegalRelease date: 1997-07-29; Music CD
Best price: $5.41
Price in other shops:
Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Midnight BluesRelease date: 2008-09-09; Music CD
Best price: $11.31
Price in other shops:
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man BluesRelease date: 1993-06-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.11
Price in other shops:
Buddy Guy - Skin DeepRelease date: 2008-07-22; Music CD
Best price: $7.83
Price in other shops:
Similar CDs
Son House - The Original Delta BluesRelease date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $2.56
Price in other shops:
Howlin' Wolf - The Definitive CollectionRelease date: 2007-04-17; Music CD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
Slim Harpo - The Best of Slim HarpoRelease date: 1997-11-04; Music CD
Best price: $5.42
Price in other shops:
Muddy Waters - The Definitive CollectionRelease date: 2006-05-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops:
Magic Sam - West Side SoulRelease date: 1993-06-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.38
Price in other shops:
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf: His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)Release date: 1997-04-08; Music CD
Best price: $7.02
Price in other shops:
Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica ClassicsRelease date: 1992-11-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.44
Price in other shops:
Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore JamesRelease date: 1993-04-06; Music CD
Best price: $5.52
Price in other shops:
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man BluesRelease date: 1993-06-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.11
Price in other shops:
Sonny Boy Williamson - His BestRelease date: 1997-05-20; Music CD
Best price: $5.43
Price in other shops: