looking for

Little Johnny Jones

as accompanist of

- Big Maceo
- Howlin' Wolf
- Elmore James ???
  (incl. J.T. Brown, Joe Turner)

... then please have a look at

those artists' discographies !

 
accompaniments of
Harold Burrage, Willie Dixon,
J.B. Hutto, Lee Jackson,
Albert King, Magic Sam,
Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers,
Tampa Red, Eddie Taylor,
Junior Wells
will be added here gradually

Little Johnny Jones 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
1	2/1950	LITTLE JOHNNY   MUDDY WATERS - Big Town Play Boy (U 7213) - Shelby County Blues (U 7214) rec. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, gs; poss. Elga Edmonds, dr	Aristocrat 405
1a	1950	MUDDY WATERS - Screamin' And Cryin' (U 7215) - Where's My Woman Be (U 7216) rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Leroy Foster, dr	Aristocrat 406
		- Last Time I Fool Around With You (U 7217) rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers (or Tampa Red), g; Leroy Foster, dr	Aristocrat unissued Chess LP 6641 174 (1972) Chess LP 9180
2	1953	LITTLE JOHNNY JONES and the CHICAGO HOUND DOGS - Dirty By The Dozen (FL121) - I May Be Wrong (FL122) rec. October 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James>, g; poss Ransom Knowling, b: Odie Payne, dr	Flair 1010
3	10/1954	LITTLE JOHNNY JONES - Doin' The Best I Can (A 1338-2) - Hoy Hoy (A 1336-1) rec. October 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b: Odie Payne, dr	Atlantic 1045
		- Wait Baby (A1335) - Hoy Hoy (alt. tk.) - Chicago Blues (A1337) rec. October 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b: Odie Payne, dr	Atlantic unissued Atlantic SD 7227 (1972)
LP / CD compilations
4	196?	Blues From Chicago Volume 2 Jimmy Lee Robinson and Band - All Of My Life Tommy Brown with Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton - Remember Me - Southern Women Lazy Bill Lucas and his Blue Rhythms - I Had A Dream Otis Spann with Band - Five Spot Elmore James and his Broomdusters - Baby What's Wrong - Sinful Woman Junior Wells and his Eagle Rockers - Lawdy Lawdy (Lord, Lord) [States 139] Muddy Waters with Rhythm Accompaniment - You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone) Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman (Dirty By The Dozen) [Flair 1010]	Python PLP-KM 9 Python discography
5	1972	Blues Piano - Chicago Plus Blues Originals Vol. 4 Little Johnny Jones - Chicago Blues (A1337) # Floyd Dixon - When I Get Lucky Little Brother Montgomery - Shreveport Farewell Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy (alt. tk.) # Floyd Dixon - Floyd's Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Talkin' Boogie Frank Sweet Williams - Sweet's Slow Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Riff Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender Little Johnny Jones - Wait Baby (A1335) # Little Brother Montgomery - Farish Street Jive Floyd Dixon - Two Piano Blues Little Johnny Jones - Up The Line (A1338-2) (Doin' The Best I Can) [Atlantic 1045] # # rec. October 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; J.T. Brown, ts; Elmore James, g; Ransom Knowling, b: Odie Payne, dr; programmed by Pete Lowry	notes by Pete Lowry Atlantic SD-7227 = Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp)
5a	1972	Genesis Vol. 1 The Beginnings Of Rock Album 1 Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Gun - Fly Right Little Girl Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman - Little Anna Mae - I Can't Be Satisfied - I Feel Like Going Home Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie Leroy Foster - Shady Grove Forrest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] - Sawdust Bottom [Aristocrat unissued] Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee - Sweet Black Angel Johnny Jones   Muddy Waters - Big Town Play Boy [Aristocrat 405] - Shelby County Blues [Aristocrat 405] Album 2 Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me - Rollin' Stone - Louisiana Blues - Evan's Shuffle - Long Distance Call - Honey Bee - Howlin' Wolf Muddy Waters - She Moves Me - My Fault - Still A Fool - They Call Me Muddy Waters - All Night Long - Please Have Mercy - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man Album 3 Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart - Me And My Chauffeur Robert Nighthawk - Jackson Town Gal - Return Mail Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Jacqueline - Little City Woman - Lonesome Big Bill Broonzy - Romance Without Finance Washboard Sam - Shirt Tail - Diggin' My Potatoes - Minding My Own Business - Horseshoe Over My Door - By Myself - I'm A Lonely Man Album 4 Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right - Ludella - Goin' Away Baby - I Used To Have A Woman - Money Marbles And Chalk - Back Door Friend - The Last Time Jimmy Rogers - Out On The Road - Act Like You Love Me - Blues All Day Long - Chicago Bound - Sloppy Drunk - You're The One - Walking By Myself compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven	4 LP box set notes by Mike Leadbitter Chess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram)
6	1979	Little Johnny Jones with Billy Boy Arnold Rare Recording by Elmore James' Legendary Piano Man - The Dirty Dozens * - Hello Baby * - Sloppy Drunk # - Worried Life Blues * - I Believe I'll Give It Up * - Early In The Morning # - One Room Country Shack # - She Wants To Sell My Monkey * - I Hear My Black Name Ringing # - Ouch ! * - Nine Below Zero * - I Have Got To Go # - Love Her With A Feeling * rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, hca, # voc; Johnny Jones, p, * voc	notes by Bruce Iglauer Alligator AL 4717 notes by Bruce Iglauer = Alligator ALCD 4717 (1992)
7	1980	Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon - Johnny's Boogie [] Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney John Henry Barbee - Baby I Need Your Love Blind James Brewer - Big Road Blues - Poor Kelly Big Joe Williams - Sugar Mama Maxwell Street Jimmy - Make Some Love To Me - Smokestack Lightnin' John Henry Barbee - Tell Me Baby Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones - Sloppy Drunk # - Early In The Morning # - My Little Machine # - Going To The River # [] rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Willie Dixon, b # rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p	notes by George Mitchell and Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 549 Flyright discography
8	1980	LITTLE JOHNNY JONES & THE TOE TWISTERS - Prison Bound Blues - Don't You Lie To Me rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Carl Jones; Johnny Jones, voc, p; poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Lee Jackson, g; b; dr	7 inch 45 rpm Rooster R-23 Ace CDCHD 773
		- I Get Evil rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Carl Jones; Johnny Jones, voc, p; poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Lee Jackson, g; b; dr	originally unissued Ace CDCHD 773
8a	1982	Tampa Red 1944-1952 featuring Johnny Jones - It's A Brand New Boogey [Victor 23-0043] # - Corrine Blues [Victor 20-2432] - New Bad Luck Blues [Victor 20-2432] - Come On If You're Coming [Victor 23-0053] # - Sure Enough I Do [Bluebird 34-0731] - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is [Victor 23-0043] # - Look A There Look A There [Victor 20/47-4898] # - Sugar Baby [Victor 20-3309] - New Deal Blues [Victor 22/50-0094] # - I'll Never Let You Go [Victor 20-5273] # - Don't Blame Shorty For That [Victor 22/50-0107] # - Too Late Too Long [Victor 20/47-5134] # - 1950 Blues [Victor 22/50-0084] [] # - I'm Gonna Put You Down [Victor 20/47-4722] # - Got A Mind To Leave This Town [Victor 20-5273] # # with Johnny Jones, p, [] 2nd voc	notes by Chris Bentley Krazy Kat KK 7411
9	1983	Elmore James: King Of The Slide Guitar - Lost Woman Blues (Please Find My Baby alt. tk.) - One More Drink - Strange Kinda Feeling - Sho Nuff I Do - My Best Friend - So Mean To Me - Wild About You Baby - Sweet Little Woman [Flair 1010] * - Long Tall Woman - Where Can My Baby Be - Dark & Dreary - My Baby's Gone - I May Be Wrong [Flair 1010] * - Elmo's Shuffle (Part 2) * Little Johnny Jones, voc	notes by Ray Topping Ace CH 68
9a	1983	Chess Masters - Chicago Blues Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy Johnny Jones - Shelby County Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522] Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued] Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued] Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking John Brim - It Was A Dream Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues John Brim - Lifetime Baby Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil Otis Spann - Five Spot John Brim - Go Away John Brim - That Ain't Right Jimmy Rogers - You're The One Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me Muddy Waters - Rock Me Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss Howlin' Wolf< - I'm Leavin' You Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile Robert Nighthawk - Someday concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood	DLP Chess CXMD 4013 (UK)
9b	1984	Muddy Waters: Rare And Unissued - Little Anna Mae - Mean Disposition - Feel Like Going Home - You're Gonna Miss Me - Stand Here Trembling - Last Time I Fool Around With You - Where My Woman Been - Gal You Gotta Watch - Lonesome Day - Iodine In My Coffee - Smokestack Lightning - Let Me Hang Around - Born Lover - Deep Down In My Heart	Chess CH 9180
9c	1992	Chess Blues disc 1 - Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels - Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs - Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim - Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim - Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters - My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk - I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters - She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim - Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe - Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes - Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy - Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones - Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk - Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters - Luedella - Jimmy Rogers - Mother Earth - Memphis Slim - Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross - Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines< - Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf - All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take - Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take - Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf disc 2 - Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take - Juke - Little Walter - Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters - Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take - Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix - Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller - Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd - Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter - Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins - Fast Boogie - Little Walter - I'm Mad - Willie Mabon - Ice Cream Man - John Brim - Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James - Got To Have It - Willie Mabon - I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray - Remember - Alberta Adams - [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray - Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters - Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf> - Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take - Evil - Howlin' Wolf - Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir disc 3 - Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter - My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters - My Baby - Little Walter - You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold - Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon - Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf - Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon - Right To Love You - Paul Gayton - Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann - Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf - Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon - Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers - Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters - Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake - Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf - She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir - Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Key To The Highway - Little Walter - Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take - Come On Home - Eddie Boyd - Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track - So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush disc 4 - First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy - Too Poor - Detroit Junior - Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson - The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn - Sun Is Shining - Elmore James Alternate Take - Calling On My Darling - Albert King - The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf - Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf - Satisfied - Little Milton - Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James - Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio - Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton - Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf - What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor - We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton - Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor - Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker - Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters - Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy - Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor - I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James	4 CD set Chess CX3663
10	1993	Elmore James and His Broomdusters The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956 CD 1 Canton Crusade - Dust My Broom - Please Find My Baby [take 1] - Hawaiian Boogie [take 1] - Please Find My Baby [take] - Hand in Hand - Long Tall Woman - Rock My Baby Right - One More Drink [take 1] - My Baby's Gone (Won't Be Back No... - One More Drink [take 2] - Lost Woman Blues (aka Please Fin... - I Believe (My Time Ain't Long) - I Held My Baby Last Night - Baby What's Wrong - Sinful Woman Bep Brown Orchestra - Round House Boogie (aka Sax Symphonic Boogie) - Dumb Woman Blues J.T Brown - Sax-Ony Boogie [Instrumental] - Kickin' the Blues Around (aka Flaming Blues) Little Johnny Jones - I May Be Wrong - Sweet Little Woman CD 2 Broomdusting in Chicago - Early in the Morning - Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby - Hawaiian Boogie [take 2] - Make a Little Love - My Best Friend [take 1] - Make My Dreams Come True [take 2] - Make My Dreams Come True [take 3] - Make My Dreams Come True [take 4] - Make My Dreams Come True [take 7] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 1] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 2] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 3] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 4] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 5] - Strange Kinda Feeling [take 6] - Dark and Dreary [take 1] - Dark and Dreary [take 2] - Dark and Dreary [take 4] - Quarter Past Nine - Where Can My Baby Be [take 1] - Where Can My Baby Be [take 8] - Where Can My Baby Be [take 9] - Please Come Back to Me (Sho' Nuff] - Sho' Nuff I Do [session talk & false start] - Sho' Nuff I Do [alternate take] - Sho' Nuff I Do - 1839 Blues - I Got a Strange Baby [False Start] - Canton, Mississippi Breakdown [I... CD 3 Culver City to the Crescent City - Standing at the Crossroads - Late Hours at Midnight - Happy Home - Sunny Land - Way You Treat Me (aka Mean and Evil] - No Love in My Heart - Dust My Blues - I Was a Fool - Blues Before Sunrise - Good Bye (Baby) - So Mean to Me [take 2] - So Mean to Me [take 3] - So Mean to Me [take 4] - Wild About You Baby [Chat & False start] - Wild About You Baby - Wild About You Baby - Elmo's Shuffle [take 3] [Instrumental] - Elmo's Shuffle [take 4] - Elmo's Shuffle [take 5] - Long Tall Woman - Long Tall Woman	3 CD set Flair / Ace ABOXCD 4 = Ace ABOXCD 4 (2007)
11	2000	Messing With The Blues - Atlantic Blues - Hoy Hoy aka Hop, Skip And Jump - Little Johnny Jones - Up The Line (Doin' The Best I Can) - Little Johnny Jones - Chicago Blues - Little Johnny Jones - Wait Baby - Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy - Little Johnny Jones - TV Mama - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings - T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker - Play On Little Girl - T-Bone Walker - Bad Blood aka Think You Need A Shot - Jack Dupree - Junker's Blues - Jack Dupree - A Bit Of Soul - Ray Charles - Losing Hand - Ray Charles - Sinner's Prayer - Ray Charles - After Hours Session - Frank 'Floorshow' Culley & His Band - Climbin' Up To Heaven Blues (part 1) - Jimmy Earle & The Jazz Kings - Cold Love - Lucky Davis & His Blues Kings - Messin' Up - Chuck Norris - Let Me Know - Chuck Norris - Guitar Lovin' Man (Lovin' Guitar Man) - John Lee Hooker - Real Real Gone - John Lee Hooker - She's A W-O-M-A-N aka Mannish Boy - Jimmy Griffin & His Band (with Beau Fairley, voc) - Blue Harlem - Tiny Grimes & His Sextet - Draggin' Hours - Odelle Turner with The Jesse Stone Orch. - Break Of Day Blues - Hal Paige & His Band - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Larry Dale	Ace CDCHD 773
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 143, 146
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 201
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 280, 411
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 294-295
- http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/sugar_chile_robinson.htm
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/aristocrat.html
- http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/johnny_jones
- http://blueslim.m78.com/maceojones.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: http://blueslim.m78.com/maceojones.html

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

Little Johnny Jones and Otis Spann with George 'Mojo' Buford, Chicago, late 1950s
source: Living Blues 42 (1979), p. 24 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")