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American blues bassist and vocalist (Born June 09, 1926 in Greenwood, Mississippi - Died August 09,2010 in Southhaven, Mississippi).
Calvin played with Muddy Waters (from 1970 to 1980), and also with Louis Myers, Jerry Portnoy, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Pinetop Perkins, John Lee Hooker among others.
ALBUMS
James Cotton, Debbie Davies, Ronnie Hawkins, Colin James (2), Cub Koda, Taj Mahal, Kenny Neal, Christine Ohlman, Lucky Peterson, Lucinda Williams, Henry Gray, Calvin Jones, Sam Lay, Colin Linden, Eddie Shaw (2), Hubert Sumlin
A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf
1998
Ronnie Earl, Pinetop Perkins, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones*, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith*
Eye To Eye
1996, CD, 
Billy Flynn With Muddy Waters' Sidemen: Calvin Jones, Willie Smith
Leavin' In The Morning
1992, CD, Album, Easy Baby Records, ,
, Chicago Blues
The Nighthawks (3) Featuring Pinetop Perkins, Guitar Jr*, Calvin Jones, Bob Margolin With Dave Maxwell
Jacks & Kings
1978, ,
, Blues Rock
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith*
Way Back
2006, CD, Album, Hightone Records
Music Revelation Ensemble
Cross Fire
1997, CD, Album, DIW, 
,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Legendary Blues Band
Prime Time Blues
1992
Legendary Blues Band
U B Da Judge
1991
Legendary Blues Band
Woke Up With The Blues
1989, ,
, Modern Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
APPEARANCES +
Bob Corritore & Friends*
High Rise Blues
2023, CD, Album, SWMAF Records, Vizztone Label Group, ,
, Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Harmonica Blues
Muddy Waters
Hollywood Blues Summit (Live At The Ash Grove July 30, 1971)
2023, Vinyl,
Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
The Montreux Years
2021
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters Day - Live At Paul's Mall, Boston, 1976 + Live In Newport 1960
2020, 2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Retroworld
Various
Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 Vol. 1
2019, 2x Vinyl Gatefold
Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson*
Luther's Blues
2018, CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)
Muddy Waters
Live At Rockpalast
2018
Muddy Waters
More Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
2018, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Chicago Blues
Johannes Mössinger New York Quartet
Studio Konzert
2016, LP, Album, Neuklang
The Chris Barber Jazz And Blues Band
Jazz Me Blues-The 70s
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Lake Records, 
Kim Wilson
Tigerman / That's Life
2013, CD, CD, Box Set Digipak,
Chris Barber
Memories Of My Trip
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2), ,
, Dixieland/Country Blues/Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
They Call Me Muddy Waters / Live At Mr. Kelly's
2010, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
, Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981
2009, CD, Album, Comp, Raven Records
Cassandra Wilson
Closer To You: The Pop Side
2009, ,
, Soul/Contemporary Jazz/Downtempo/Acoustic/Vocal
Muddy Waters
Live In Montreal
2008, DVD-V, L'Équipe Spectra, EmArcy, 
,
, Chicago Blues
Pam Purvis
I Had A Ball
2007, CD, Album, Progressive Wind Music
Howard University Jazz Ensemble
HUJE 05
2006, CD, Album, Not On Label (Howard University Jazz Ensemble Self-Released)
Barrelhouse Chuck
Slowdown Sundown
2005, CD, Album, Viola Records, ,
, Piano Blues
Muddy Waters
The Collection
2005
Various
The Best Of Jazz In Burghausen 2003
2004, DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Double Moon Records, 
Jelly Roll All-Stars
Must Be Jelly (Live At Wrox In Clarksdale, Mississippi)
2004, CD, Album, Severn Records
Alison Crockett
On Becoming A Woman
2004, ,
, Neo Soul
Muddy Waters
Can't Get No Grindin' - "Unk" In Funk
2004, CD, ,
, Blues Rock
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - The Road To Memphis
2003
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - The Soul Of A Man
2003, CD, ,
, Country Blues/Electric Blues/Delta Blues/Blues Rock/Soundtrack
Otis Spann
I Wanna Go Home
2003
Cassandra Wilson
Glamoured
2003, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)
2003, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
, Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Essential Blues Grooves, Volume 1
2001, CD, Comp, Lester Recording Catalog
Muddy Waters
The Anthology
2001, 2x CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues
Various
Celebrating 20 Years Of The Festival International De Jazz De Montreal 1980--2000
2001,
Muddy Waters
Mojo The Live Collection
2000
Various
Blues For A Rotten Afternoon
2000,
Various
Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of America's Music
2000
Pinetop Perkins
Live At Antone's Vol. 1
2000, CD,
Barrelhouse Chuck
Salute To Sunnyland Slim
1999, CD, Album, Blue Loon Records, ,
, Piano Blues
Various
Telarc's Got The Blues
1999, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Muddy Waters
Honey Bee
1999
Muddy Waters
Hoochie Coochie Man
1999, CD, 
,
, Electric Blues
Pinetop Perkins
Sweet Black Angel
1998, CD, Album, Gitanes Jazz Productions, Verve Records,
Various
Blues Piano Greats
1998, CD, Album, Comp, LaserLight Digital
Muddy Waters
In Concert 1971
1998, VHS, ,
, Electric Blues
Muddy Waters
The Lost Tapes (Recorded Live)
1998
James Blood Ulmer
Forbidden Blues
1998, ,
, Modern Electric Blues/Contemporary Jazz
Muddy Waters
One More Mile vol. 2
1997, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Chess, Folio
Otis Spann With Muddy Waters & His Band*
Live The Life
1997
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters • Paris, 1972
1997
Greg Osby
Further Ado
1997, CD,
Various
Antone's 20th Anniversary
1996, 2xCD, Album, Discovery Records, Antone's Records, ,
, Texas Blues/Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues/Piano Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Blues Rock
Hamiet Bluiett
Bluiett's Barbeque Band
1996, CD, Album, Mapleshade Productions
Muddy Waters
Can't Get No Grindin' - "Unk" In Funk
1996, CD, Album, Comp, MCA Records, ,
, Blues Rock
The Muddy Waters Tribute Band
You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone)
1996, CD,
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters At Newport / Muddy Waters Live
1996, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Electric Blues
James Blood Ulmer
Plays The Music Of Ornette Coleman : Music Speaks Louder Than Words
1996, CD Paper Sleeve, ,
, Modern Electric Blues/Contemporary Jazz
Julian Coryell
Jazzbo
1995
Mississippi Heat
Straight From The Heart
1995, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Various
The Story Of Black & Blue 1963-1976, Volume 1
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, 
,
, Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Electric Blues/Piano Blues/Texas Blues
Howlin' Wolf
Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog
1994, 2x CD, ,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
Chicago 1979
1994
Carola Grey
The Age Of Illusions
1994
Jhelisa
Galactica Rush
1994, CD, ,
, Acid Jazz/Soul
Kim Wilson
That's Life
1994, CD, ,
, Texas Blues
Various
1994 Le Blues A Vif
1994
Muddy Waters
One More Mile (Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1)
1994, 2x CD, ,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues
Big Daddy Kinsey
I Am The Blues
1993, CD, Single, Verve Records, Gitanes Jazz Productions, Polygram Jazz,
Kim Wilson
Tigerman
1993, CD, ,
, Texas Blues
Big Daddy Kinsey
I Am The Blues
1993, CD,
Muddy Waters And Friends*
Soundstage : Blues Summit In Chicago, 1974
1992
Various
Chess Blues
1992, ,
, Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues
Muddy Waters
Blues Sky
1992,
Muddy Waters
Chicago Blues
1992, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
Goin' Home (Live In Paris 1970)
1992, ,
, Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Deep Blues (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
1992, CD, ,
, Delta Blues/Country Blues/Electric Blues/Hill Country Blues
Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
1992, CD, ,
, Boogie Woogie
Detroit Junior / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Queen Sylvia Embry, Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band, Andrew Brown
Living Chicago Blues - Volume Number 4
1991
Snooky Pryor
Too Cool To Move
1991, CD, ,
, Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues
Various
Atlantic Blues
1991, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
, Piano Blues/Chicago Blues
The Lonnie Brooks Blues Band / Magic Slim And The Teardrops* / Johnny "Big Moose" Walker / Pinetop Perkins
Living Chicago Blues Volume 2
1991
James Cotton
Mighty Long Time
1991, Vinyl, ,
, Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues
Detroit Junior / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Queen Sylvia Embry, Big Leon Brooks' Blues Harp Band, Andrew Brown
Living Chicago Blues - Volume Number 4
1991
Various
Antone's Anniversary Anthology Vol.2
1991, CD, ,
, Electric Blues
Muddy Waters
Can't Get No Grindin'
1990, Vinyl, ,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Jimmy Rogers
Ludella
1990, ,
, Chicago Blues
The Legendary Blues Band*
Keepin' The Blues Alive
1990
Muddy Waters
Switzerland 1976
1990, 2x CD, 
,
, Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
They Call Me Muddy Waters
1990
Muddy Waters
The Chess Box
1989, 6x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues
Muddy Waters
The Muddy Waters Story (25 Phonographic Memories)
1989, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Antone's Bringing You The Best In Blues
1989, CD,
James Cotton
Recorded Live At Antone's Night Club
1988, Vinyl,
Muddy Waters
Live In Antibes, 1974
1988, ,
, Chicago Blues
Various
Atlantic Blues: Chicago
1987, 
,
, Chicago Blues
The Nighthawks
Jacks & Kings & Full House
1986, 2x Vinyl White, ,
, Blues Rock
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters (The Chess Box)
1985, ,
, Chicago Blues
Various
Jazz 5: Meet The Family Of Blues
1984, 5xLP, Comp + Box, CBS, Zeitmagazin,
Various
Out Of The Blue
1984,
The Legendary Blues Band*
Red Hot 'N' Blue
1983
Muddy Waters
I'm A Country Boy
1982, LP, Comp, Chess,
Various
Living Chicago Blues
1981
Muddy Waters
King Bee
1981
The Legendary Blues Band*
Life Of Ease
1981
Detroit Junior / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Queen Sylvia Embry
Living Chicago Blues Volume 6
1980
Luther Johnson Jr*
I Changed
1979, LP, Album, Black And Blue
Muddy Waters
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
1979
Various
Guitar Star
1978, ,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Various
Living Chicago Blues Volume Number 3
1978
Luther Johnson Jr.*
Luther's Blues
1977
Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Is Just Top
1976
Muddy Waters Blues Band
The Warsaw Session
1976, Vinyl Cream Labels, 
Muddy Waters Blues Band
The Warsaw Session
1976, 2x Vinyl Red Label, Art Edition,
Muddy Waters Blues Band
The Warsaw Session (I)
1976
Muddy Waters
"Unk" In Funk
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Chicago Blues
Various
Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972
1973, 2x Vinyl PR,
L.C. Robinson
Ups And Downs
1972
Muddy Waters
Live
1971, Vinyl, ,
, Chicago Blues
J. L. Smith
Come Dance With Me / Tears Won't Help You Baby
1969, 7", A-1 Dud Records
Muddy Waters
Muddy, Brass & The Blues
1966, Vinyl Gloversville Pressing, ,
, Chicago Blues
Various
Dansez-Vous Le Bop ? Vol.2
LP, Comp, Black And Blue, Black And Blue,
Muddy Waters
"Live"
LP, Album, Ltd, RM, Corinne Records, Corinne Records
Various
Chicago Blues
2xLP, Comp, Rarities (2)
Muddy Waters
Hard Again / King Bee
2xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Sony Music, Blue Sky, Epic
Various
Martin Scorsese Presents - The Best Of The Blues
Various
BluesQuest
2022, XRCD, Comp, Master Music (3),
Various
BluesQuest
2012
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
10 Days Out (Blues From The Backroads)
2006
Various
Texas Freeze SRV Classics
1996, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records
Muddy Waters
King Bee
1981, 
Muddy Waters
Festival In Paris
2010, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Vintage Masters
Otis Spann
I Wanna Go Home
2003, CD, 
,
, Chicago Blues
Cassandra Wilson
Glamoured
2003, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
James Blood Ulmer
Forbidden Blues
1998, ,
, Modern Electric Blues/Contemporary Jazz
Muddy Waters Blues Band
Unreleased In The West
1989
Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Is Just Top
CD, ,
, Piano Blues/Boogie Woogie
Muddy Waters
Muddy, Brass & The Blues