Big Walter Horton was a giant on the amplified harmonica, bringing the electricity of the instrument into the modern blues era with his works as a sideman and as a band leader. This three disc box does a great job of looking at the length, breadth and scope of his career with a disc of Horton solo and as a bandleader in the 1950s, a second disc of him working with the likes of Joe Hill Louis, Willie Nix, Mose Vinson, Johnny Shines, Tampa Red, Sunnyland Slim and others during the same decade, while the third disc features Horton’s 1970s work with Carey Bell. It’s a nice and rounded overview of a remarkable musician. ~ Steve Leggett