John Mortimer Boudreaux, Jr. (December 10, 1936, New Roads, Louisiana – January 14, 2017, Los Angeles) was an American drummer who was active in jazz, soul, and rhythm & blues idioms.

[6] Idris Muhammad, a New Orleans drummer who worked in R&B as well as jazz, talked of the sense of musical community that fostered rising musicians' development.

"[7] Alvin "Red" Tyler said of young New Orleans musicians influenced by local studio musicians, "They wanted to learn the more modern (jazz) things, because we were the guys around town that, even we were in the studio playing rock, we played all the jazz gigs.

"[8] Among the musicians Boudreaux accompanied were Duke Burrell, Dr. John, Charlie Fairlie, Barbara George, Clarence "Frogman" Henry and Professor Longhair.

He served for a period as the house drummer at New Orleans's Dew Drop Inn, where he played behind Al Hibbler, Big Joe Turner and Dinah Washington.

In the early 1960s Williams lost his position as the premier drummer in New Orleans to Boudreaux, and dropped out of the recording scene by the time of the British Invasion.

"[11] Boudreaux's drum work added much to the sound of a string of Allen Toussaint-produced songs on Minit Records.

[8] Deacon John Moore recalled, "A usual Allen Toussaint session back then was besides me on guitar, Chuck Badie on bass, Red Tyler on baritone, Nat Perrilliat on tenor, Melvin Lastie on trumpet, John Boudreaux on drums.

[8] Boudreaux joined Harold Battiste, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Roy Montrell, Chuck Badie and Melvin Lastie to form AFO Records.

Problems with distributor Juggy Murray of Sue Records precipitated a move to the West Coast by Boudreaux and most of the principal artists involved.

They hoped a Los Angeles base would facilitate a more suitable distribution arrangement, but the British Invasion sweeping the country signaled hard times for R&B music and AFO folded.

[14] Boudreaux worked on the West Coast with Alvin "Shine" Robinson, Jessie Hill, Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn, Plas Johnson, David Lastie, Paul Gayten, King Floyd and others.

"[2] He played in California for a few years with Melvin Lastie and Tami Lynn, and did more session work, with Sam Cooke, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Billy Eckstine, Dexter Gordon, Groove Holmes, Big Mama Thornton and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson.