Jab Jones



African-American jug band pianist and jug blower. Most known for playing in Memphis Jug Band.

ALBUMS


Memphis Jug Band
American Epic: The Best Of Memphis Jug Band
2017, ,
Country Blues
Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band, Volume 4 - The Complete Vocalion & OKeh Recordings, Plus Unissued Victor Tests
2006, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7)
Memphis Jug Band
The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band
2001
Memphis Jug Band
Volume 3
1997
Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band, Volume 2
1997,
Memphis Jug Band
State Of Tennessee Blues
1995, CD, Comp, Memphis Archives
Memphis Jug Band
Associates & Alternate Takes (1927-1930)
1991, CD, Comp, RM, Wolf Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues/Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (13 February 1928 To 4 October 1929)
1991, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Memphis Jug Band
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, 1932-1934
1990,
Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
1981
Various
Memphis Shakedown
1979, LP, Comp, Mono, Magpie Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues
Various
If Beale Street Could Talk ... (A Selection Of Pre-War Memphis Blues Favorites 1928-1939)
1974, LP, Album, Comp, Magnolia Productions, Magnolia Productions
Memphis Jug Band
Volume 2
1971, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues
Memphis Jug Band
Tear It Down, Bed Slats And All / Boodie Bum Bum
1934, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Memphis Jug Band
K.C. Moan / Memphis Yo Yo Blues
1930, Shellac, 10", Victor
Memphis Jug Band
A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake / On The Road Again
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Memphis Jug Band
Whitewash Station Blues / Stealin', Stealin'
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Memphis Jug Band
Lindberg Hop / Sugar Pudding
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Memphis Jug Band
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1930)
CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Memphis Jug Band
The Complete Recordings Vol. 2
1999, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records

APPEARANCES +


Various
Everyday I Have The Blues Original Blues Classics
2023, LP, Album, 180, Editorial Planeta DeAgostini, S.A.U.,
Various
The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No 6
2022, CDr, Comp, Frog (7),
Various
Something Inside Of Me (Unreleased Masters & Demos From The British Blues Years 1963-1976)
2021, 4xCD, Comp, Wienerworld Presentation, ,
Electric Blues
Various
The Harry Smith B-Sides
2020, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Dust-to-Digital, ,
Cajun/Country/Field Recording/Gospel/Delta Blues/Folk
Various
American Epic: The Best Of Blues
2017, ,
Delta Blues
Various
American Epic - The Soundtrack
2017
Various
Classic Harmonica Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2012, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
Harmonica Blues/Country Blues
Sleepy John Estes
I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
2010, 2xLP, Comp, Monk (4), ,
Country Blues
Various
Drinkin' TNT And Smokin' Dynamite (Vintage Songs About Drugs And Booze)
2008, 2xCD, Comp, RM, RP, Primo (2),
Harry Smith
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
2007
Various
Good For What Ails You (Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926 - 1937)
2006, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Old Hat Records, ,
Bluegrass/Honky Tonk/Folk
Sleepy John Estes Also Featuring: Yank Rachell, Brownsville Son Bonds*, Charlie Pickett
Legendary Country Blues Artists
2006, 4xCD, Comp + Box, JSP Records, ,
Country Blues
Various
It Came From Memphis (The Legendary Sounds Of Memphis)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Manteca, ,
Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Country Rock/Blues Rock/Soul/Electric Blues/Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Rockabilly/Delta Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Memphis Blues
Memphis Jug Band With Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers*
Memphis Jug Band With Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, JSP Records, ,
Country Blues/Jug Band
Sleepy John Estes
Someday Baby Blues
2004, CD, Comp, RE, Complete Blues
Homesick James And Snooky Pryor
The Big Bear Sessions
2003, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Castle Music
Grateful Dead*
The Grateful Dead
2003, ,
Blues Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)
2003, ,
Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Sleepy John Estes With Noah Lewis & Yank Rachel* / Gus Cannon And His Jug Stompers*
First Recordings With Lewis & Rachel / The Legendary 1928-1930 Recordings
2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records
Various
The First Time I Met The Blues
2002
Various
Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! (Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-1935)
2001, ,
Country Blues/Hillbilly/Jug Band
Grateful Dead*
The Golden Road (1965-1973)
2001, ,
Blues Rock/Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Country Rock
Sleepy John Estes
Working Man Blues
1999, CD, Album, ABM
Various
Violin, Sing The Blues For Me (African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949)
1999, ,
Country Blues
Sleepy John Estes
From Memphis to Chicago 1929-1941
1997
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music
1997, ,
Cajun/Country/Field Recording/Gospel/Delta Blues/Folk
Sleepy John Estes
Someday Baby (The Essential Recordings Of Sleepy John Estes)
1996, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings, ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues
Various
Booze & The Blues
1996, ,
Country Blues
Various
The Roots Of Rap (Classic Recordings From The 1920's And 30's)
1996
Various
Memphis Jug Bands - Walk Right In
1995
Sleepy John Estes
Drop Down Mama
1995, ,
Country Blues/Harmonica Blues
Various
Jazz Of The 20's Hot And Rare
1994, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Jazz Magazine (2), ,
Dixieland
Sleepy John Estes With Yank Rachel*, Noah Lewis
First Recordings
1994, CD, Comp, RM, JSP Records, JSP Records, ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues/Jug Band
Various
Memphis Country Blues (Greatest Hits Vol. I)
1994, ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues
Various
"Too Late, Too Late Blues": Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes – Volume 1 (1926-1944)
1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2), ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues/Gospel
Various
The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)
1993, ,
Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues
Various
Blues Masters, Volume 12: Memphis Blues
1993, ,
Memphis Blues/Delta Blues
Various
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music
1992, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Big Band/Swing/Gospel/Piano Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Troubadours Of The Folk Era, Volume Three: The Groups
1992, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Folk
Various
Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells
1991, ,
Delta Blues/Country Blues
Sleepy John Estes
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 24 September 1929 To 2 August 1937
1990
Various
The Greatest In Country Blues (1927-1956)
1989, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/East Coast Blues/Texas Blues/Jug Band/Gospel/Harmonica Blues/Piano Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues
Various
Them Dirty Blues (A Five Record Copulation Compilation)
1987, ,
Erotic
Various
Songsters & Saints (Vocal Traditions On Race Records Vol. 1)
1984, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Matchbox Records, ,
Gospel/Country Blues
Various
Memphis Blues (1928-1930)
1984, ,
Memphis Blues/Country Blues
Various
The Story Of The Blues
1981, ,
Country Blues/Texas Blues/Chicago Blues/Piedmont Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues
Cranberry Lake
Lowdown Symphony
1980, LP, Album, Swallowtail, ,
Folk/Jug Band
Various
Jumping On The Hill (Memphis Blues & Hokum 1928-1941)
1976, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, RM, Policy Wheel, Policy Wheel, ,
Memphis Blues
Various
Il Blues: Rurale - Jazzistico - Urbano
1974, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2),
Various
Low Down Memphis Barrelhouse Blues
1973, LP, Comp, Mamlish, Mamlish, ,
Country Blues/Memphis Blues
The Boogie Woogie Company
Our Blue Boogie Soul
1973, LP, Album, Columbia, ,
Piano Blues
Sleepy John Estes With Yank Rachel*
1929-30 Sessions (Complete In Chronological Order)
1973, ,
Country Blues
The Grateful Dead
The History Of The Grateful Dead
1972, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Country Rock
Various
The Great Jug Bands 1926-1934
1971, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records
Various
Untitled
1971,
Various
Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2
1970
Various
Kings Of Memphis Town (1927-1930)
1970, ,
Memphis Blues
Various
Travellin' This Lonesome Road
1970
Various / Paul Oliver
The Story Of The Blues
1969, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, CBS
Various / Paul Oliver
The Story Of The Blues
1969
The Memphis Jug Band*
1927-1929
1967
Various
Tub Jug Washboard Bands 1924-1932
1966,
The Even Dozen Jug Band
The Even Dozen Jug Band
1964, LP, Album, Elektra
Various
Blues Classics By The Jug, Jook And Washboard Bands
1964
Sleepy John Estes
1929-1940
1964
The Even Dozen Jug Band
The Even Dozen Jug Band
1963, ,
Country Blues/Acoustic/Ragtime/Folk/Jug Band
Various
The Great Jug Bands
1962
Dixieland Jug Blowers / Memphis Jug Band
The Jug Bands
1954, 10", Comp, "X"
Sonny Boy Nelson, John Estes*
Long Tall Woman / The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
1938, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3), ,
Country Blues
Sleepy John Estes
Expressman Blues / Sweet Mama
1932, Shellac, 10", Victor
John Estes*
Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty, Too / Black Mattie Blues
1930, Shellac, 10", Victor
John Estes*
Diving Duck Blues / The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Various
Harmonicas Washboards Fiddles & Jugs
Various
Jugs, Washboards & Kazoos
Various
24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's: Vol. 15
2017, CD, Comp, RM, Blues Images
Various
Memphis Rounders Blues
2015, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Various
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
2006, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Yazoo, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Piedmont Blues/Hillbilly
Various
The Memphis Area
1968