Carmell Jones
Carmell Jones
Top Songs
| 1 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | ||
| 2 | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' | ||
| 3 | Hip Trolley | ||
| 4 | Suearl | ||
| 5 | Stella By Starlight |
Albums
Jan 2011 • 37 songs
Jan 2000 • 6 songs
Jan 1962 • 8 songs
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Biography
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 ori...