Recorded July, 1956.
Otis Spann (vocal-piano)
Walter Horton (harmonica)
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (guitar)
Willie Dixon (bass)
Fred Below (drums)
Previously unreleased in U.S.
Spann, in addition to being Muddy Waters' greatest piano player, had a checkered career as a solo artist; he cut only four sides as leader during his lengthy association with Chess. "I'm Leaving You" was unissued at the time and first appeared on a now-deleted Japanese reissue. By the way, this is not the same song as that recorded under the same title by Howlin' Wolf two years later.
... An integral member of the nonpareil Muddy Waters band of the 1950s and '60s, pianist Otis Spann took his sweet time in launching a full-fledged solo career. But his own discography is a satisfying one nonetheless, offering ample proof as to why so many aficionados considered him then and now Chicago's leading post-war blues pianist.