Walker, Jimmy

Walker, Jimmy Jules James Walker, 8 March 1905; Memphis, TN – 16 October 1997; Chicago, IL Chicago-based blues and boogie-woogie pianist/vocalist. Walker began working the rent party circuit on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s. He recorded as sideman with Walter Horton, Johnny Young, and John Lee Granderson, as duet partner with fellow pianist Erwin Helfer, and occasionally as leader. Often praised for his soulfulness, Walker performed widely around Chicago well into old age. John Kimsey…