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James Toney
James (*1942) was a pianist and organist in Las Vegas, NV. He played the organ for B.B. King for over 30 years. He died in 2007.
 
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Discography [4]
King Of The Blues
MCA Records MCAD4 10677
released 1992
recorded May 1949 through December 1991
B.B. King, guitar, vocals
Dave Crawford, conductor, keyboards
Maxwell Davis, conductor, tenor sax, organ
Jimmie Haskell, conductor
Quincy Jones, conductor
Johnny Pate, conductor
Leon Russell, conductor, piano
Lawrence Burdine, alto sax
George Coleman, alto sax
Hank Crawford, alto sax
Jewell L. Grant, alto sax
William Green, alto sax
Howard E. Johnson, alto sax
David Sanborn, alto sax
Earl Turbinton, alto sax
Cato Walker, alto sax
Ernie Watts, alto sax
Johnny Board, tenor sax
Arnett Cobb, tenor sax
Adolph Duncan, tenor sax
Wilton Felder, tenor sax
Jimmy Forrest, tenor sax
Bobby Forte, tenor sax, baritone sax
Herb Hardesty, tenor sax, trumpet
Bill Harvey, tenor sax
Bill Havey, tenor sax
Red Holloway, tenor sax
Louis Hubert, tenor sax, baritone sax
Fred Jackson jr., tenor sax, flute
Hilton Joseph, tenor sax
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax
Richard Sanders, tenor sax
Vernon Slater, tenor sax
Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax
Barney Hubert, baritone sax
Kim Hutchcroft, baritone sax
Eddie Saxman Synigal, baritone sax
Floyd Turnham, baritone sax
James Walker, baritone sax
Harold Austin, sax
Ben Branch, sax
Mahlon Clark, sax
Quitman Dennis, sax
Brother Gene Dinwiddie, sax
Fred Ford, sax
Lee Gatling, sax
Bill Hood, sax
Bobby Keys, sax
Trevor Lawrence, sax
Dave McMurray, sax
Bumps Myers, sax
Ben Webster, sax
Don Wilkerson, sax
Larry Williams, sax
George Bohannon, horn
Martin Drover, horn
Chuck Finley, horn
Gary Herbig, horn
Wayne Jackson, horn
Andrew Love, horn
Steve Madaio, horn, trumpet
Kurt McGettrick, horn
Frank Mead, horn
The Memphis Horns, horn
Nicky Payne, horn
Nick Pentelow, horn
Garnett Brown, trombone
Joseph Burton, trombone
Pluma Davis, trombone
Charles Fendley, trombone
Jimmy Henderson, trombone
Sammie Jett, trombone
Tom "Bones" Malone, trombone
Dick Noel, trombone
Tommy Pederson, trombone
Benny Powell, trombone
Jim Price, trombone, trumpet, piano
Jack Redmond, trombone
Steve Sherard, trombone
Juan Tizol, trombone
Lloyd Ulyate, trombone
Al Aarons, trumpet
Carl Adams, trumpet
James Bolden, trumpet
Henry Boozier, trumpet
Tom Branch, trumpet
Oscar Brashear, trumpet
John Browning, trumpet
Bobby Bryant, trumpet
Conte Candoli, trumpet
John Willie Cook, trumpet
Hobart Dotson, trumpet
Gary Grant, trumpet
Jerry Hey, trumpet
Lonny Lalanne, trumpet
Ray Linn, trumpet
Charlie Miller, trumpet
Calvin Owens, trumpet
Roy Poper, trumpet
Al Porcino, trumpet
Jake "Vernon" Porter, trumpet
Waymon Reed, trumpet
Edward Rowe, trumpet
Ernie Royal, trumpet
Ken Sands, trumpet
Woody Shaw, trumpet
Patrick Williams, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Arthur Adams, guitar
Irving Ashby, guitar
Roland Bautista, guitar
Billy Butler, guitar
Bobby Cadwell, guitar
Roland Chambers, guitar
Jesse Daniels, guitar
Jesse Ed Davis, guitar
Cornell Dupree, guitar
Thek Edge, guitar
Julio Ferrer, guitar
Leonard Gill, guitar
Norman Harris, guitar
Al Hendrickson, guitar
Michael Hill, guitar
Milton Hopkins, guitar
Randy Jacobs, guitar
Johnny Jones, guitar
Michael Landau, guitar
Hugh McCracken, guitar
Calvin Newborn, guitar
Ray Parker jr., guitar
Dean Parks, guitar
Mac Rebennack, guitar
Jerome Richardson, guitar
David Spinozza, guitar
Eli Tartarsky, guitar
Jon Tiven, guitar
Sally Tiven, guitar
John Uribe, guitar
Joe Walsh, guitar
Steve Watson, guitar
Johnny Ace, piano
Robert Anderson, piano
Ronnie Barron, organ
Phil Blackman, keyboards
Charles Bowles, organ
Charles Brooks, piano
Sonny Burke, piano
Jim Cook, synthesizer
Lawrence Dermer, synthesizer
Dr. John, keyboards
Tommy Eyre, keyboards
Lloyd Glenn, piano
Paul Griffin, keyboards
Paul Harris, organ, piano
John Hobbs, piano, synthesizer
Duke Jethro, organ
Randy Kerber, synthesizer
Carole King, piano
Al Kooper, piano
Ron Kersey, keyboards
Neil Larsen, keyboards
Millard Lee, piano
Ron Levy, piano
Charles Mann, keyboards
Phineas Newborn jr., piano, drums
Frank Owens, piano
Doctor Ragavoy, piano
Jimmy Rowles, piano
Joe Sample, piano
Willie Smith, organ, piano
James Toney, organ
Dan Willard, piano
Stevie Wonder, keyboards
Gary Wright, piano
Joe Zagarino, piano
Warren Chiasson, vibes
Paul Mullen, vibes
Rudy Aikels, bass
Ron Baker, bass
David "Leather Sax" Allen jr., bass
Wilbur Bascomb jr., bass
Red Callender, bass
Adam Clayton, bass
Bob Daisley, bass
Victor Feldman, bass
Wilbert Freeman, bass
Bryan Garofalo, bass
Johnny B. Gayton, bass
Tuff Green, bass
Ralph Hamilton, bass
Major Holley, bass
James B. Hutchenson, bass
Russell Jackson, bass
Gerald Jemmott, bass
Leo Lauchie, bass
Will Lee, bass
Val Patillo, bass
Robert "Pops" Popwell, bass
Louis Satterfield, bass
Neil Stubenhaus, bass
Big Joe Turner, bass
Louis Villery, bass
Klaus Voormann, bass
"Ready" Freddie Washington, bass
Kenny Aronoff, drums
Will Calhoun, drums
Ted Curry, drums
Luther Dixon, drums
Calep Emphrey, drums
Anton Fig, drums
Earl Forest, drums
Sonny Freeman, drums
James Gadson, drums
Jim Gordon, drums
Ed Greene, drums
Stix Hooper, drums, percussion
Oliver Jackson, drums
Jim Keltner, drums
Russ Kunkel, drums
Herb Lovelle, drums
Jackie Mills, drums
Bob Morin, drums
Larry Mullen jr., drums
Harold Potier, drums
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums
Jesse Sailes, drums
John Starks, drums
Ringo Starr, drums
Graham Walker, drums
Earl Young, drums
Marcus Barnett, percussion
Lenny Castro, percussion
Eddie "Bongo" Brown, congas
Paulinho Da Costa, percussion
Debra Dobkin, percussion
Earl Nash, congas
Naná Vasconcelos, percussion
Larry Washington, congas
Bobby "Blue" Bland, vocals
Bono, vocals
Gary Moore, vocals
Bonnie Raitt, vocals
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Anthology
MCA Records 112 410-2
compilation
B.B. King, guitar, vocals
Maxwell Davis, conductor, tenor sax, organ
Lawrence Burdine, alto sax
Hank Crawford, alto sax
Jewell Gramt, alto sax
William Green, alto sax
Johnny Board, tenor sax
Wilton Felder, tenor sax
Bobby Forte, tenor sax
Red Holloway, tenor sax
David Newman, tenor sax
Vermon Slater, tenor sax
Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax
Barnie Hubert, baritone sax
Kim Hutchcroft, baritone sax
Jerome Richardson, baritone sax
Floyd Turnham, baritone sax
Gene Dinwiddle, sax
Lee Gatling, sax
Louis Hubert, sax
Melvin Jackson, sax
Howard Johnson, sax
Bobby Keys, sax
Walter King, sax
Trevor Lawrence, sax
Dennis Quitman, sax
David Sanborn, sax
Earl Turbinton, sax
Larrie Williams, sax
Wayne Jackson, horn
Andrew Love, horn
The Memphis horns
Garnett Brown, trombone
Joseph Burton, trombone
Pluma Davis, trombone
Charles Fendley, trombone
Tom Malone, trombone
Benny Powell, trombone
Jim Price, trombone, trumpet
Jack Redmond, trombone
Albert Aarons, trumpet
Stanley Abernathy, trumpet
Carl Adams, trumpet
James Bolden, trumpet
Henry Bouzier, trumpet
Oscar Brashear, trumpet
John Browning, trumpet
Hobart Dotson, trumpet
Gary Grant, trumpet
Steve Madaio, trumpet
Charles Miller, trumpet
Waymon Reed, trumpet
Edward Rowe, trumpet
Ernie Royal, trumpet
Kenny Sands, trumpet
Patrick Williams, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Irving Ashby, guitar
Roland Bautisto, guitar
Roland Chambers, guitar
Albert Collins, guitar, vocals
Jesse Davis, guitar
Cornell Dupree, guitar
The Edge, guitar, keyboards
Norman Harris, guitar
Milton Hopkins, guitar
Paul Jackson jr., guitar
Johnny Jones, guitar
Hugh McCracken, guitar
Robert Murray, guitar
Ray Parker, guitar
Dean Parks, guitar
Mac Rebennack, guitar
David Spinoza, guitar
Eli Tartarsky, guitar
John Uribe, guitar
Joe Walsh, guitar
Leo Warren, guitar
Rony Anderson, piano
Charles Bowles, organ
Charles Brooks, piano
Jim Cook, synthesizer
Dave Crawford, keyboards
Lloyd Glenn, piano
Paul Harris, organ, piano
John Hobbs, piano, synthesizer
Duke Jethro, organ
Dr. John, piano
Randy Kerber, synthesizer
Ron Kersey, keyboards
Carole King, piano
Ron Levy, piano
Charles Mann, keyboards
Frank Owens, piano
Jim Price, piano
Jim Pugh, organ, piano
Doctor Ragovoy, piano
Joe Sample, keyboards
James Toney, organ, keyboards
Stevie Wonder, keyboards
Gary Wright, piano
Rudy Aikels, bass
David Allen, bass
Ronnie Baker, bass
Wilbur Bascaomb, bass
Adam Clayton, bass
Richard Cousins, bass
Michael Doster, bass
Wilton Felder, bass
Victor Feldman, bass
Wilbert Freeman, bass
Bryan Garofalo, bass
Ralph Hamilton, bass
Jerry Jemmott, bass
Leo Lauchie, bass
Bob Morin, bass
Val Patillo, bass
Robert Popwell, bass
Louis Satterfield, bass
Neil Stubenhaus, bass
Louis Villery, bass
Klaus Voorman, bass
Calep Emphry jr., drums
Sonny Freeman, drums
James Gadson, drums
Jim Gordon, drums
Edward Greene, drums
Kevin Hayes, drums
Stix Hooper, drums
Jim Keltner, drums
Russ Kunkel, drums
Herbie Lovelle, drums
Larry Mullen jr., drums
Harold Potier, drums
Bernard Purdie, drums
Jessie Sailes, drums
John Starks, drums
Ringo Starr, drums
Steve Watson, drums
Earl Young, drums
Tony Coleman, percussion
Paulinho Da Costa, percussion
Larry Washington, congas
Bobby Bland, vocals
Bono, vocals
Ladies & Gentlemen ... Mr. B.B. King
Universal Music Group International 0600753384992
compilation
B.B. King, guitar
Count Basie Orchestra
Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Dave Crawford, conductor, keyboards
Maxwell Davis, conductor, tenor sax, organ
Sid Feller, conductor
Jimmie Haskell, conductor
Johnny Pate, conductor
Lawrence Burdine, alto sax
George Coleman, alto sax, tenor sax
Hank Crawford, alto sax
Keith Fiddmont, alto sax
Jewell Grant, alto sax
William Green, alto sax
Walter King, alto sax, flute
Marshall Royal, alto sax
David Sanborn, alto sax
Floyd Turnham, alto sax, baritone sax
Booker Walker, alto sax
Cato Walker, alto sax
Ernie Watts, alto sax
Johnny Board, tenor sax, baritone sax
Ben Branch, tenor sax
Arnett Cobb, tenor sax
Gene Dinwiddle, tenor sax
Wilton Felder, tenor sax, bass
Fred Ford, tenor sax
Jimmy Forrest, tenor sax
Bobby Forte, tenor sax, baritone sax
Frank Foster, tenor sax
Herb Hardesty, tenor sax, trumpet
Bill Harvey, tenor sax
Red Holloway, tenor sax
Louis Hubert, tenor sax, baritone sax
Trevor Lawrence, tenor sax
Andrew Love, tenor sax
Cecil McNeely, tenor sax
Hubert "Bumps" Myers, tenor sax
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax
Dave Pell, tenor sax
Richard Sanders, tenor sax
Vernon Slater, tenor sax
Joe Sublett, tenor sax
Harvey Thompson, tenor sax
Earl Turbinton, tenor sax
Frank Wess, tenor sax
Rickey Woodard, tenor sax
Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax
Ronnie Eades, baritone sax
Ernie Fields jr., baritone sax
Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax
Barney Freeman, baritone sax
Barney Hubert, baritone sax
Kim Hutchcroft, baritone sax
Howard Johnson, baritone sax
Bob McNeely, baritone sax
Floyd Newman, baritone sax
Jerome Richardson, baritone sax
Eddie Saxman Synigal, baritone sax
Harold Austin, sax
Billy Duncan, sax
Gary Herbig, sax
Melvin Jackson, sax
Bobby Keys, sax
Kurt McGettrick, sax
The Memphis Horns
Dennis Quitman, sax
Muscle Shoals Horns
Don Wilkerson, sax
Larry Williams, sax
George Bohanon, trombone
Garnett Brown, trombone
Joseph Burton, trombone
Henry Coker, trombone
Pluma Davis, trombone
Chuck Findley, trombone
Sammy Jett, trombone
Charles Lowe, trombone
Tom Malone, trombone
Ira Nepus, trombone
Dick Noel, trombone
Tommy Peterson, trombone
Benny Powell, trombone
Jim Price, trombone, trumpet, piano
Jack Redmond, trombone
John Watson, trombone
Albert Aarons, trumpet
Stanley Abernathy, trumpet
Carl Adams, trumpet
John Anderson, trumpet
Marcus Belgrave, trumpet
James Bolden, trumpet
Henry Boozier, trumpet
Thomas Branch, trumpet
Oscar Brashear, trumpet
John Browning, trumpet
Bobby Bryant, trumpet
Harrison Calloway jr., trumpet
Pete Candoli, trumpet
Ben Cauley, trumpet
Hobart Dotson, trumpet
Gary Grant, trumpet
Wayne Jackson, trumpet
Floyd Jones, trumpet
Harry D. Jones, trumpet
Darrell Leonard, trumpet
John J. Longo, trumpet
Steve Madaio, trumpet
Charlie Miller, trumpet
Joe Newman, trumpet
Calvin Owens, trumpet
Roy Pope, trumpet
Waymon Reed, trumpet
Edward Rowe, trumpet, flugelhorn
Ernie Royal, trumpet
Kenneth Sands, trumpet
Woody Shaw, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Fred Jackson jr., flute
Arthur Adams, guitar
Irving Ashby, guitar
Roland Bautisa, guitar
Leo Blevins, guitar
Doyle Bramhall II, guitar
Billy Butler, guitar
Roland Chambers, guitar
Eric Clapton, guitar, vocals
Clem Clempson, guitar
Robert Cray, guitar, vocals
Jess Daniels, guitar
Cal David, guitar
Charlie Dennis, guitar
Cornell Dupree, guitar
The Edge, guitar, keyboards
Sonny Garrish, guitar
Norman Harris, guitar
Milton Hopkins, guitar
Paul M. Jackson, guitar
Johnny Jones, guitar
Michael Landau, guitar
Andy Fairweather Low, guitar
Russell Malone, guitar
Hugh McCracken, guitar
Herman Mitchell, guitar
Robert Murray, guitar
Calvin Newborn, guitar
Ray Parker jr., guitar
Dean Parks, guitar
Mac Rebennack, guitar
Lee Ritenour, guitar
Johnny Lee Schell, guitar
Sellers, guitar
David Spinozza, guitar
Michael Spriggs, guitar
Marty Stuart, guitar
Elli Tarkesty, guitar
Hilmer J. Timbrell, guitar
Michael Toles, guitar
John Uribe, guitar
Joe Walsh, guitar
Leon Warren, guitar
Steve Watson, guitar
Reggie Young, guitar
Johnny Ace, piano
Robert Anderson, piano
Ronnie Barron, organ
Connie Mack Booker, piano
David Briggs, keyboards
Charles Brooks, piano
Sonny Burke, piano, synthesizer
Tim Carmon, Hammond B-3 organ
Brad Cole, synthesizer
Jim Cox, synthesizer
Tommy Eyre, organ, keyboards
Lloyd Glenn, piano
Paul Harris, organ, piano
John Hobbs, piano, synthesizer
Clayton Ives, keyboards
Duke Jethro, organ, piano
Dr. John, piano
Ron Kersey, keyboards
Carole King, piano
Neal Larsen, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
Millard Lee, piano
Ron Levy, piano, synthesizer
Charles Mann, keyboards
Willard McDaniel, piano
Bob Mitchell, organ
Phineas Newborn jr., piano
Frank Owens, piano
Billy Payne, keyboards
Jim Pugh, keyboards
Jerry Ragovoy, piano
Milt Raskin, piano
Leon Russell, piano
Joe Sample, keyboards, Wurlitzer piano
Chris Stainton, keyboards
James Toney, organ, keyboards
Carson Whitsett, keyboards
Ernest Williamson, keyboards
Gary Wright, organ, piano
Warren Chiasson, vibes
Vince Montana, vibes
Van Morrison, harmonica, vocals
string section
Rudy Aikels, bass
David Allen, bass
Ronnie Baker, bass
Wilbur Bascomb, bass
Yolander Charles, bass
Adam Clayton, bass
Richard Cousins, bass
Michael Doster, bass
Nathan East, bass
Scott Edwards jr., bass
Mike Elizondo, bass
Wilbert Freeman, bass
Bryan Garofalo, bass
Tuff Green, bass
Ray Griffin, bass
William K. "Billy" Hadnott, bass
Ralph Hamilton, bass
John Heard, bass
Major Holley, bass
James "Hutch" Hutchinson, bass
Gerald Jemmott, bass
Eddie Jones, bass
Randy Kerber, bass
Leo Lauchie, bass
Jymie Merritt, bass
Robert "Pops" Popwell, bass
Reggie Richards, bass
Louis Satterfield, bass
Neil Stubenhaus, bass
Louis Villery, bass
Klaus Voormann, bass
James Walker, bass
Freddie Washington, bass
Bob Wray, bass
Jay Bellerose, drums, percussion
Ted Curry, drums
Caleb Emphrey jr., drums
Earl Forest, drums
Sonny Freeman, drums
Steve Gadd, drums
James Gadson, drums
Jim Gordon, drums
Ed Greene, drums
Kevin Hayes, drums
Oliver Jackson, drums
Jim Keltner, drums, percussion
Russ Kunkel, drums
Larrie Londin, drums
Herb Lovelle, drums
Larry Mullen jr., drums
Phineas Newborn sr., drums
Earl Palmer, drums
Sonny Payne, drums
Harold Potier, drums
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums
James Robinson, drums
Jesse Sailes, drums
John Starks, drums
Ringo Starr, drums
Ian Thomas, drums
Earl Young, drums
Marcus Barnett, percussion
Tony Braunagel, percussion
Eddie Brown, percussion
Lenny Castro, percussion
Tony Coleman, percussion
Paulinho Da Costa, percussion
Charles Crosby, congas
Nathaniel Kunkel, shaker
Earl Nash, percussion
Larry Washington, congas
Joshie Armstead, vocals
Bobby "Blue" Bland, vocals
Bono Composer, vocals
Carl Lee, vocals
Tasha Thomas, vocals
In France (Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival)
Deep Digs DD004
recorded live 07 October 1977 in Nancy/France
Bandcamp
B.B. King, guitar, vocals
Cato Walker III, alto sax
Walter King, tenor sax
Eddie Rowe, trumpet
Milton Hopkins, guitar
James Toney, organ
Joe Turner, bass
Calep Emphrey jr., drums

 
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