Carmell Jones

 

Artist:  Carmell Jones 

Born:  July 19, 1936.  Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Died:  November 7, 1996 (Aged 60).  Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Trumpet Jazz

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Trumpet

Carmell Jones was an American Jazz Musician from Kansas City, Kansas.  His first professional work was with Kansas City musicians Nathan Davis, Cleanhead Vinson and Frank Smith.  He moved to Calfornia in 1961, and worked as a studio musician for several years, including in the Orchestras for two movie soundtracks, Seven Days In May and The Manchurian Candidate, the latter starring Frank Sinatra.  He released two albums as a leader for Pacific Jazz at this time, while recording as  a sideman with Bud Shank, Onzy Matthews, Curtis Army, Harold Land, and Gerald Wilson.  He toured with Horace Silver in 1964-65, and was on Silver's seminal 1965 Blue Note album Song for My Father.

Title:  The Remarkable Carmell Jones (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

 (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (11:13)

 2.  Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:30)

 3.  Night Tide (4:02)

Side 2:

 1.  Sad March (6:46)

 2.  Stellisa (9:11)

 3.  Full Moon And Empty Arms (6:38)

Personnel:

Carmell Jones:  Trumpet

Harold Land:  Tenor Saxophone

Frank Strazzeri:  Piano

Gary Peacock:  Bass

Leon Pettis:  Drums

The Remarkable Carmell Jones is a studio album by Carmell Jones, originally released in 1961 by Pacific Jazz Records, remastered and reissued on March 3, 2023 by Blue Note Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.