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25 de nov. de 2022 · Wikimedia Commons. Little Walter. C onsidered by many to be the greatest blues harmonica player ever, Marion “Little Walter” Jacobs rose from obscurity in Marksville to international acclaim in the blues scene of Chicago. During the first half of the 1950s he became one of the key architects of the electrified Chicago blues style, an ensemble, collaborative, urban approach that became the ...
8 de abr. de 2023 · Little Walter a déménagé à Chicago au début des années 1940, où il a commencé à se produire dans les clubs de blues locaux. Il a rapidement attiré l’attention pour sa virtuosité à l’harmonica et sa technique innovante. En 1952, Little Walter a enregistré «Juke», qui est devenu son premier grand succès et est resté en tête ...
Walter had spent time with Rice Miller in the not too distant past and there are elements of Rice Miller’s playing that Little Walter quite clearly used. However, Walter’s playing went further than Rice Miller’s in terms of melodic ideas and melodic range, composition and the now legendary use of amplification.
Little Walter's Career. Began playing harmonica at age eight; left home at age 13 to play nightspots in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri; arrived in Chicago, 1947, and performed as a street musician until joining the Muddy Waters band, 1948; left Waters after scoring first hit record, 1952; joined the Four Aces and recorded a string of hits under own name, including "My Babe," 1955; continued ...
Little Walter scored fourteen top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts between 1952 and 1958, including a second #1, "My Babe" in 1955, a level of commercial success never achieved by his former boss Waters. In the late 1950s, Jacob's fame and fortunes began to decline. He suffered from alcoholism and had a notoriously short temper.
15 de feb. de 2017 · Today marks 49 years since harmonica pioneer “Little Walter” Jacobs died as a result of injuries he sustained during a fight at a Chicago bar the previous night (he was taking a break from performing when the altercation occurred). The 37-year-old, Louisiana-born musician was a hard drinking, hard living man with a notoriously bad temper,
24 de ene. de 2024 · Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, Louisiana; May 1, 1930; died on February 15, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix for innovation and impact on succeeding generations.
