Carmell Jones

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  • Born: Kansas City, KS
  • Died: Kansas City, KS
  • Years Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s

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All Music Guide:

An excellent hard bop trumpeter, Carmell Jones would probably have been much better-known today if he had not moved to Europe in the mid-'60s at the height of his career. After military service and two years at the University of Kansas, Carmell Jones led a band in Kansas City (1959). The next year, he moved to Los Angeles where he recorded a couple of albums as a leader for Pacific Jazz and made records with Bud Shank, Harold Land, Curtis Amy, and most significantly Gerald Wilson's Orchestra (1961-1963). Jones toured with Horace Silver for a year (1964-1965), recording the original version of "Song for My Father" with Silver before moving to Berlin. Although quite active in Europe, Carmell Jones was largely forgotten by the time he moved back to Kansas City in 1980; however, a 1982 album for Revelation helped remind a few listeners how good he still was.

Wikipedia:

Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) was an American jazz trumpet player.

Biography

Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He moved to California in 1960 and worked as a studio musician for several years. He released two albums as a leader for Pacific Jazz at this time, while recording as a sideman with Bud Shank, Curtis Amy, Harold Land, and Gerald Wilson. He appeared on Horace Silver's 1965 Blue Note classic Song for My Father. In 1965 he moved to Germany where he lived for 15 years, working with Paul Kuhn and the SFB Big Band (Sender Freies Berlin) from 1968 to 1980. There he worked with musicians such as Milo Pavlovic, Herb Geller, Leo Wright and Eugen Cicero. Jones returned to the US in 1980, working as a teacher and appearing at local clubs in Kansas City. He released one additional album as a leader in 1982. Jones died on November 7, 1996 in Kansas City at the age of 60.

In 2003, Mosaic Records released a three-CD set of Jones material in their Mosaic Select series.

Selected Discography

As a leader
The Remarkable Carmell Jones (Pacific Jazz, 1961)Business Meetin' (Pacific Jazz, 1962)Jay Hawk Talk (Prestige, 1965)Carmell Jones in Europe 1965-66 (Prestige, 1969)Carmell Jones Returns (Revelation, 1982)Mosaic Select 2: Carmell Jones (Mosaic, 2003)
As a sideman
with Curtis Amy Groovin' Blue (Pacific Jazz, 1961)with Bud Shank Barefoot Adventure (Pacific Jazz, 1961)with Bud Shank New Groove (Pacific Jazz, 1961)with Gerald Wilson You Better Believe It (Pacific Jazz, 1961)with Victor Feldman Soviet Jazz Themes (AVA, 1962)with Tricky Lofton Brass Bag (Pacific Jazz, 1962)with the Red Mitchell - Harold Land Quintet Hear Ye!!! Hear Ye!!! Hear Ye!!! (Atlantic, 1962)with Vi Redd Now's the Time (United Artists, 1962) - reissued as Bird Call (Solid State, 1969)with Harold Land Jazz Impressions of Folk Music (Imperial, 1963)with Marvin Jenkins Big City (Palomar, 1963)with Sarah Vaughan Sarah Sings Soulfully (Roulette, 1963)with Gerald Wilson Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1963)with Nancy Wilson Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues (Capital, 1963)with Jimmy Woods Conflict (Contemporary, 1963)with Charles McPherson Bebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1964)with Booker Ervin The Blues Book (Prestige, 1964)with Booker Ervin Groovin' High (Prestige, 1964)with Horace Silver Live 1964 (Emerald, 1964)with Gerald Wilson Portraits (Pacific Jazz, 1964)with Nathan Davis The Hip Walk (SABA, 1965)with Herbie Mann Latin Mann (Afro To Bossa To Blues) (Columbia, 1965)with Horace Silver Song for My Father (Blue Note, 1965)with Horace Silver The Natives are Restless Tonight (Emerald, 1965) - reissued as Re-Entry (Village, 1995)with Gerald Wilson On Stage (Pacific Jazz, 1965)with Jean-Luc Ponty More Than Meets the Ear (Liberty, 1969)with Oliver Nelson Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1971)with Leo Wright It's All Wright (MPS, 1972)with Dave Kamien Let's Swing (VGS, 1979)with Jim Mair 8th & Central (JMP, 1991)with Erich Kleinschuster, Joe Henderson, & Clifford Jordan Erich Kleinschuster Sextet 1968/69, Vol. 1 (EmArcy, 2005)

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