Carmell Jones

Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) He released two albums as a leader for Pacific Jazz at this time while recording as a sideman with Bud Shank, Onzy Matthews, Curtis Amy, Harold Land, and Gerald Wilson.

He toured with Horace Silver in 1964–65, Jones died of heart failure on November 7, 1996, in Kansas City at the age of 60. He was survived by his musical family including his wife and daughter Stella Jones.

In 2003, Mosaic released a three-CD set of Jones material.

Discography As leader The Remarkable Carmell Jones (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Brass Bag with Tricky Lofton (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Business Meetin' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Jay Hawk Talk (Prestige, 1965) Returns (Revelation, 1983) Carmell Jones Quartet: Previously unreleased Los Angeles Session (Fresh Sound, 2015)

As sideman With Gerald Wilson You Better Believe It! (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Portraits (Pacific Jazz, 1964) On Stage (Pacific Jazz, 1965)

With others Curtis Amy, Groovin' Blue (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Nathan Davis The Hip Walk (SABA, 1965) Booker Ervin, The Blues Book (Prestige, 1965) Booker Ervin, Groovin' High (Prestige, 1966) Victor Feldman, Soviet Jazz Themes (Äva, 1963) Paul Kuhn, The Big Hits of the Big Bands (Columbia/EMI 1972) Paul Kuhn, The Big Band Beatles (EMI, 1977) Harold Land, Jazz Impressions of Folk Music (Imperial, 1963) Jim Mair, 8th & Central (JMP, 1991) Herbie Mann, Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965) Charles McPherson, Bebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1965) Red Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet, Hear Ye! (Atlantic, 1962) Mombasa, Tathagata (Wind, 1980) Oliver Nelson, Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1971) Jean-Luc Ponty, More Than Meets the Ear (World Pacific, 1968) Vi Redd, Birdcall (United Artists, 1962) Annie Ross & Pony Poindexter, Recorded at the Tenth German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt (SABA, 1966) Bud Shank, Barefoot Adventure (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Bud Shank, New Groove (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Horace Silver, Song for My Father (Blue Note, 1965) Horace Silver, Live 1964 (Emerald, 1984) Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Sings Soulfully (Roulette/Blue Note, 1992) Tim Whitmer, Humorous Intentions (Canyon Don, 1991) Nancy Wilson, Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues (Capital, 1963) Jimmy Woods, Conflict (Contemporary, 1963) Leo Wright, It's All Wright (BASF, 1973)