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 BluesFantasy 
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)

Um Spaweck 

US-amerikanesch Museker
US-amerikanesch Pianisten
Bluesmuseker
Gebuer 1915
Gestuerwen 1988