T-Bone Walker - 1952-1954

After the demise of Paul Reiner's L.A.-based Black & White label in the late '40s, T-bone Walker moved on to a four-year stay at Imperial Records, the final two years of which are covered by this fourth installment in Classic Records' chronological survey of the Texas guitarist's complete recorded work. The Walker formula was well set by this point, consisting of upbeat jump blues numbers mixed in with slower, bluesy ballads, all stung through with his jazz-inflected guitar lines, which were thankfully often mixed to the fore. Read More