Memphis Slim

De **Memphis Slim**, mam richtegen Numm *John Len Chatman*, gebuer den 3. September 1915 zu Memphis, Tennessee, a gestuerwen de 24. Februar 1988 zu Paräis, war en US-amerikanescher Blues-Sänger a -Pianist.

Hie gëllt als ee vun de wichtegste Vertrieder vum Chicago-Blues, an huet gär am Boogie Woogie-Stil gespillt.

Zanter enger Europatournée, 1962, huet hien a Frankräich gelieft. E gouf no sengem Doud 1988 zu Paräis um Galilee Memorial Gardens Cemetery zu Memphis, Tennessee, begruewen.

## Discographie
### Alben
*1959		*Memphis Slim at the Gate of the Horn [live]*		VeeJay Records
*1960	 	*Real Boogie Woogie 2*	 	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
*1960		*Blue This Evening*		1201 Music
*1960	 	*Frisco Bay Blues*	 	Fontana Distribution
*1960	 	*Travelling with the Blues*		Storyville
*1961		*Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy etc.*	Candid
*1961		*Alone with My Friends*		Battle/Original Blues Classics
*1961	 	*Just Blues	* 	 
*1961	 *Broken Soul Blues*	 	
*1961	 	*Memphis Slim 	 	*Chess
*1961	*Steady Rolling Blues	* 	Bluesville/Original Blues Classics
*1961	 	*The World's Foremost Blues Singer*	 	Strand
*1962	 	*Blues by Jazz Gillum*	 	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
*1962	 	*Memphis Slim's Tribute	* 	Absord
*1962	 	*Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon in Paris*	 	Battle
*1962	 	*No Strain*	 	 
*1962	 	*Willies Blues*	 	Prestige Records
*1962 *Memphis Slim U.S.A. * 	Delmark
*1963		*All Kinds of Blues*		Bluesville/Original Blues Classics
*1963	 	*Piano Blues	* 	Storyville
*1964	 	*If the Rabbit Had a Gun	* 	Disc
*1964	 	*Memphis Slim 	* 	King
*1966	 	*Pinetop's Blues	* 	Polydor
*1966	 	*Blue Portrait*	 	Sceptre
*1966	 	*Self Portrait*	 	 
*1969	 	*Mother Earth*	 	One Way Records
*1969	 	*Right Now*	 	TRIP
*1970	 	*Messin' Around with the Blues	* 	Blue Boar
*1971		*Blue Memphis*	 	Wounded Bird Records
*1971	 	*Boogie Woogie	* 	Musidisc (import)
*1971		*Born With the Blues*		Jewel
*1971	 	*Memphis Slim* 	TKO Magnum
*1972	 	*Bad Luck & Trouble*	 	 
*1972	 	*Great Memphis Slim*	 	America
*1972	 *	Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon*	 	Battle
*1972	 	*Memphis Slim 	*Barnaby
*1972	 	*Memphis Slim, Vol. 2	* 	Everest
*1972		*South Side Reunion*	 	Wounded Bird Records
*1973	 	*Blues in Europe	* 	Storyville
*1973		*Very Much Alive and in Montreux	* 	Universal International
*1974	 	*At Lausanne	* 	Musidisc (import)
*1974	 *	At the Village Gate [live]*	 	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
*1974	 	*Favorite Blues Singers	* 	 
*1974	 	*Honky Tonk Sound*	 	Folk Era Records
*1974	 	*Live	* 	Storyville
*1974	 	*Memphis Slim & Matthew Murphy*	 	Black & Blue
*1974	 	*Memphis Slim [America]	* 	America
*1974	 	*Real Boogie Woogie*	 	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
*1974	 	*Real Honky Tonk*	 	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
*1975	 	*Blues Man*	 	Musidisc (import)
*1975	 	*Goin' Back to Tennessee	* 	Barclay
*1975	 	*Rock Me Baby*	 	Black Lion
*1976	 	*Chicago Boogie	* 	Black Lion
*1976	 	*Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes*	 	Melodisc
*1977	*Memphis Slim & Michel Denis*	 	Adda
*1978	 	*Chicago Blues	* 	 
*1981	 	*Blues & Women*	 	Isabel
*1981		*I'll Just Keep on Singin' the Blues*		Savoy Jazz
*1981		*Memphis Heat	*	Polygram
*1981	 	*Rockin' the Blues*	 	Charly Records
*1984	 	*Boogie Woogie Piano*	 	CBS Records
*1985	 	*Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim in Paris*	 	GNP
*1989	 	*Dialogue in Boogie*	 	EPM
*1990	 	*Parisian Blues	* 	Emarcy
*1990		*Steppin' Out - Live at Ronnie Scott's*	 	DRG
*1991	 	*Worried Life*	 	Huub
*1992	 	*Memphis Blues*	 	Milan
*1993		*1960 London Sessions*	 	Sequel (UK)
*1993		*Jazz in Paris: Aux Trois Mailletz [live]*	 	Verve
*1994		*Live at the Hot Club*	 	Milan
*1995	 	*Boogie After Midnight*	Chicago Records Dist.
*1995	 	*Blues in the Evening	* 	Drive - (import)
*1996		*Baby Please Come Home! [live]	* 	Original Blues Classics
*2000		*The Gate of the Horn [live]*	 	Collectables Records
*2000 *The Folkways Years 1959 - 1973* Smithsonian Folkways
*2002		*Boogie for My Friends	*	Black And Blue - (import)
*2002	 	*I Feel So Good	* 	Past Perfect (UK)
*2002 *Come Back * Delmark
*2003	 	*Live in France 1963*	 	P-Vine Records
*2003 *Blue This Evening* Jazzcolour 
*2004 *Very Best Of Memphis Slim: Messin' Around With The Blues* 	Collectables
*2004 * Southside Reunion* mit Buddy Guy Barclay (Universal) 
*2004 * Memphis Heat* 
*2004 *Double Barreled Boogie* mit Roosvelt Sykes Barclay 
*2005 *Paris Mississippi Blues* 	Sunny Side
*2005 *[[Worried Life Blues]]* Tim 
*2006 *All Kinds of Blues* Bluesville 
*2006 * Raining the Blues*Fantasy 
*2007 *Ambassador of the Blues* Cadiz Music
*2008 *Mother Earth* 
*2009 *Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues)* Wolfetones
*2010 *I am the Blues* Passport (in-akustik) 
*2010 *Vol. 1-2-Legend of the Blues* Bgo 
**Blues for Natalie*	 	Esperance
**Blues Masters, Vol. 9	*	Storyville
**Blues Roots, Vol. 10 (I'm So Alone)*	 	Storyville 
**Boogies for All Friends*	 	Black & Blue
**House of the Blues, Vol. 1	* 	Blue Star (poland)
**House of the Blues, Vol. 7	* 	Blue Star (poland)
**Lonesome Blues	* 	Spinerama
**Memphis Blues (With Roosevelt Sykes)*	 	Olympic
**Memphis Slim/Lowell Fulson*	 	Inner City

### DVD
*1986 *Memphis Slim - Live At Ronnie Scott's London*

### Als Gaaschtmuseker
*Willie Dixon *Willies Blues* (1959)
*Pete Seeger *...at the Village Gate* (1960)
*Pete Seeger *Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon* (1960)
*Sonny Boy Williamson II. *..in Paris* (1963)
*Willie Dixon *Blues Every Which Way* (1983)
*Matt Murphy, Eddie Taylor Together Again One More Time/Still Not Ready For Eddie (1990)
*Big Bill Broonzy *1934-1947 * (1991) 
*Terry Timmons *1950-1953* (2004) 	
**Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey* (2001) 
*Roosevelt Sykes *Blues By Roosevelt "The Honey-Dripper" Sykes* (1995) 
*Big Bill Broonzy *Can't Be Satisfied* (2004) 
*Big Bill Broonzy *Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 12 (1945-1947)* (1995) 
*Washboard Sam *Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 7* (1994) 
*Pete Seeger *Hard Travelling: The Best Of Pete Seeger* (2008) 	
*Big Walter Horton *Harmonica Blues Kings* (1987) 
*Big Bill Broonzy *Key To The Blues* (2009)
*John Mayall *Picking The Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers * (2006) 
*Lightnin' Hopkins *Prestige Profiles, Vol. 8 * (2005) 
**Story Of Vee-Jay: America's Premier Black Music Label* (2002) 	
*Theme Time Radio Hour: *With Your Host Bob Dylan* (2008) 
*John Lee Hooker *Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)* (1991) 
*Washboard Sam *Washboard Sam 1936-1947* (2000)
*Stefan Diestelmann Folk Blues Band (1978)

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