Hi guys, by my reckoning 8 of the 43 "appearances" under Joe Williams are actually Big Joe, notably the Columbia/Sony "Roots and Blues" issues, as well as some of the indy label issues like Charly and Excelsior. Changing them to "Joe Williams [Big Joe Williams]" and linking them to Big Joe's discography would be the way to go, I think. After posting this, I'll comment on each of those 8 so that you can see them.
I'd be happy to go with what you think Leonard, I'm only doing the broadest strokes here, and I think the details are best left to someone who knows :)
There are still a couple contributions in the Joe Williams discograpy that are by Big Joe. Not sure if we should make a new artist Joe Williams [Big Joe Williams] or [Big] Joe Williams or just change the contributions from Joe Williams to Big Joe Williams although not credited as such.
No, MM, this is Joe Williams (1918-1999) the jazz singer, famous for his work with Count Basie. Big Joe Williams (1903-1982) was a Delta Blues guitarist and singer.