Carmell Jones Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011


Date: June 1961
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz

Carmell Jones (ldr), Harold Land (ts), Carmell Jones (t), Frank Strazzeri (p), Gary Peacock (b), Leon Pettis (d)

a. E8237    Blues March - 3:04  (Carmell Jones)
     Pacific Jazz 45: 50419 — I'm Gonna Go Fishin'/Blues March   
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 100 — On Mike: 24 Jazz Groups   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": ZET 2 — All Jazz: A Decade Of Pacific Jazz   
b. E8238    I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - 11:13  (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee)
     Pacific Jazz 45: 50419 — I'm Gonna Go Fishin'/Blues March   
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
c.     Come Rain Or Come Shine - 4:30  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
d.     Night Tide - 4:02  (Jimmy Bond)
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
e.     Sad March - 5:46  (Carmell Jones)
     Pacific Jazz 45: A 6204 — Sad March, parts 1 & 2   
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
f.     Stellisa - 9:11  (Carmell Jones)
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
g.     Full Moon And Empty Arms - 6:38  (Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman, Sergei Rachmaninoff)
     Affinity LP 12": AFF 132 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   (1984)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 29 — The Remarkable Carmell Jones   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
All titles on:      LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10268 — Complete Studio Recordings   (2006)

Date: late 1961 or early 1962
Location: Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz

Carmell Jones (ldr), Harold Land (ts), Carmell Jones (t), Frank Strazzeri (p), Gary Peacock (b), Donald Dean (d)

a.     That's Good - 6:05  (Carmell Jones)
b.     Suearl - 7:06  (Harold Land)
c.     Hip Trolley - 5:23  (Carmell Jones)
d.     Beautiful Love - 5:38  (Victor Young, Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne)
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 53 — Business Meetin'   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": 688 125 ZL — Business Meetin'   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)
     LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10268 — Complete Studio Recordings   (2006)

Date: early 1962
Location: Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz

Carmell Jones (ldr), Clifford Scott, Bud Shank (as), Wilbur Brown, Harold Land (ts), Don Raffell (bar), Carmell Jones (t), Frank Strazzeri (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a.     Business Meetin' - 4:50  (Gerald Wilson) / arr: Gerald Wilson
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 100 — On Mike: 24 Jazz Groups   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": ZET 2 — All Jazz: A Decade Of Pacific Jazz   
b.     Stella By Starlight - 2:34  (Victor Young, Ned Washington) / arr: Gerald Wilson
c.     Toddler - 3:52  (Clare Fischer) / arr: Gerald Wilson
d.     Cherokee - 3:54  (Ray Noble) / arr: Gerald Wilson
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 53 — Business Meetin'   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": 688 125 ZL — Business Meetin'   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)

Clifford Scott listed as "Joe Splink" on original issues.

"Business Meetin'" is edited to 3:08 on PJ 100 and ZET 2.


Date: March 26, 1962
Location: Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz

Carmell Jones, Lawrence 'Tricky' Lofton (ldr), Carmell Jones (t), Bob Edmondson, Wayne Henderson, Lawrence 'Tricky' Lofton, Frank Strong (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Frank Strazzeri (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a.     Brass Bag - 3:48  (Gerald Wilson) / arr: Gerald Wilson
b.     Angel Eyes - 4:11  (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) / arr: Gerald Wilson
c.     Celery Stalks At Midnight - 5:21  (Will Bradley, George Harris, Carl Sigman) / arr: Gerald Wilson
d.     Mood Indigo - 5:19  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) / arr: Gerald Wilson
e.     Moten Swing - 5:26  (Benny Moten, Buster Moten) / arr: Gerald Wilson
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 49 — Brass Bag   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": 688 1126 — Brass Bag   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)

Date: April 3, 1962
Location: Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz

Carmell Jones, Lawrence 'Tricky' Lofton (ldr), Carmell Jones (t), Lou Blackburn, Lawrence 'Tricky' Lofton (tb), Frank Strazzeri (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a.     Canadian Sunset - 5:38  (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) / arr: Gerald Wilson
b.     Ow! - 6:50  (Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Gerald Wilson
c.     Bluer Than That - 3:17  (Gerald Wilson) / arr: Gerald Wilson
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 49 — Brass Bag   (1962)
     Fontana LP 12": 688 1126 — Brass Bag   
     Mosaic CD: 72435 80404 2 5 — Mosaic Select 2 - Carmell Jones   (2003)

Date: May 8, 1965
Location: RLA Sound, New York City
Label: Prestige

Carmell Jones (ldr), Jimmy Heath (ts), Carmell Jones (t), Barry Harris (p), George Tucker (b), Roger Humphries (d)

a. a-01    Jay Hawk Talk - 5:48  (Carmell Jones)
     Prestige 45: 362 — Jay Hawk Talk, parts 1 & 2   
b. a-02    Willow, Weep For Me - 4:55  (Ann Ronell)
c. a-03    What Is This Thing Called Love - 8:54  (Cole Porter)
d. b-01    Just In Time - 5:30  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
e. b-02    Dance Of The Night Child - 6:35  (Carmell Jones)
f. b-03    Beepdurple - 6:15  (Carmell Jones)
All titles on:      Prestige LP 12": P 7401 — Jay Hawk Talk   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1938-2 — Jay Hawk Talk   (2000)

Jimmy Heath (ts) on a, c-f.


Date: June 20, 1966
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [private recording]

Carmell Jones (ldr), Brew Moore (ts), Carmell Jones (t), Ole Kock Hansen (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Alex Riel (d)

a. 01    How Are Things In Glocca Morra - 12:43  (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg)
b. 02    I Love You - 15:13  (Cole Porter)
c. 03    You Don't Know What Love Is - 14:43  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
d. 04    The Theme - 6:13  (Traditional, Kenny Dorham)

Brew Moore (ts) on b, d.

Some sources give date as June 21, 1966 - confirmation needed.

Final selection is incomplete on only known source.


Date: between October 5-9, 1966
Location: Prague Jazz Festival - Lucerne Hall, Praha, Czechoslovakia
Label: Supraphon

Carmell Jones (ldr), Carmell Jones (t), Karel Ruzicka (p), Ludek Hulan (b), Ivan Dominak (d)

a.     My Funny Valentine  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Supraphon LP 12": SUA 15847 — International Jazz Festival Praha '66   (1967)
     Supraphon LP 12": 045 0102 H — Ozveny Jazzoveho Festivalu   (1967)

Some sources give date as Summer 1966 but the festival was held in October.


Date: June 10, 1967
Location: Club 43, Manchester, UK
Label: [private recording]

Carmell Jones (ldr), Gary Cox (ts), Carmell Jones (t), Eric Ferguson (p), Alan Cooper (b), Ron Parry (d)

a. 01    What Is This Thing Called Love  (Cole Porter)
b. 02    On Green Dolphin Street  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
c. 03    The Way You Look Tonight  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
d. 04    I Can't Get Started  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
e. 05    Oleo  (Sonny Rollins)
f. 06    Caravan  (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
g. 07    Cherokee  (Ray Noble)
h. 08    I'll Remember April  (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
i. 09    What's New  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)

Gary Cox (ts) on g-i.


Date: October 5, 1982
Location: Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL
Label: Revelation

Carmell Jones (ldr), Roland Burns (as), Carmell Jones (t), Frank Sullivan (p), Scott Walton (b), Billy Bowker (d)

a.     What's New - 9:30  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
b.     Billie's Bounce - 7:43  (Charlie Parker)
c.     Pent-Up House - 10:56  (Sonny Rollins)
All titles on:      Revelation LP 12": REV 44 — Carmell Jones Returns   (1983)

Roland Burns (as) on b-c.

"Billie's Bounce" listed as "Billy's Bounce".


Date: October 5, 1982
Location: WUFT-FM Studios, Gainesville, FL
Label: [radio broadcast]

Carmell Jones (ldr), Carmell Jones (t), Frank Sullivan (p), Scott Walton (b), Billy Bowker (d)

a.     Stella By Starlight - 6:16  (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
b.     Now's The Time - 7:44  (Charlie Parker)
Both titles on:      Revelation LP 12": REV 44 — Carmell Jones Returns   (1983)