Carmell Jones was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 jazz trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 player.

Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

. He is best known for his work with Horace Silver

Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....

, appearing in the album Song for My Father

Song for My Father

Song for My Father is a 1965 album by The Horace Silver Quintet, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The album was inspired by a trip that Silver had made to Brazil. The cover artwork features a photograph of Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, to whom the title song was dedicated...

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He also recorded for Pacific Jazz from 1961 to 1963. In 1965 he moved to Germany where he lived for 15 years. He returned to the USA and died in Kansas City.
In this time he worked with the SFB-Bigband (Sender Freies Berlin)under Paul Kuhn (1968 to 1980). There he worked with musicians as Milo Pavlovic, Herb Geller, Leo Wright and Eugen Cicero.

As leader

• The Remarkable Carmell Jones (1961, Pacific Jazz)
• Business Meetin (1962, Pacific)
• Jay Hawk Talk
  Jay Hawk Talk
  Jay Hawk Talk is the third studio album by trumpeter Carmell Jones. Recorded and released in 1965, it would be Jones' debut on Prestige and, at the same time, his final album as a leader.-Track listing:...
  
  (1965, Prestige)

As sideman

• Brass Bag by Tricky Lofton
• Jazz Impressions of Folk Music by Harold Land
  Harold Land
  Harold de Vance Land was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style. His tone was strong and emotional, yet displayed a certain fragility that made him easy to...
  
  
• Song for My Father
  Song for My Father
  Song for My Father is a 1965 album by The Horace Silver Quintet, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The album was inspired by a trip that Silver had made to Brazil. The cover artwork features a photograph of Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, to whom the title song was dedicated...
  
  by Horace Silver
  Horace Silver
  Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
  
  
• Bebop Revisited! by Charles McPherson (1964 - Prestige)
• The Blues Book
  The Blues Book
  The Blues Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.-Reception:...
  
  by Booker Ervin
  Booker Ervin
  Booker Telleferro Ervin II was an American tenor saxophone player. He was perhaps best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus....
  
   (1964 - Prestige)
• Groovin' High
  Groovin' High (Booker Ervin album)
  Groovin' High is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 for the Prestige label.-Reception:...
  
  by Booker Ervin (1966 - Prestige)
• "Hear Ye" by the Red Mitchell - Harold Land Quintet (Atlantic 1962)