리틀 월터

소개

리틀 월터(Little Walter, 1930년 5월 1일 ~ 1968년 2월 15일)는 미국의 블루스 음악가, 하모니카 연주자이다.

Marion Walter Jacobs, known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter. His revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on the succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, the first and, to date, only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player.