Personnel:

Carmell Jones (tp), Bud Shank, Clifford Scott (as), Harold Land, Wilbur Brown (ts), Don Rafell (bs), Frank Strazzeri (p), Gary Peacock, Leroy Vinnegar (b), Donald Dean, Leon Petties, Ron Jefferson (d), Gerald Wilson (arr)

When 26-year-old Carmell Jones left his native Kansas for California in August 1960, he made an immediate oungo n the high-calibre West Coast jazz scene. Snapped up exclusively by Pacific Jazz, he recorded his first oung as a leader, The Remarkable Carmell Jones, the following June.

Using much the same lineup as the celebrated Harold Land-Red Mitchell quintet, it was a stellar entrance for the oung trumpeter, whose classy tone, ideas and commanding style recalled Clifford Brown. Land, on tenor, was another inspiration and they made a formidable pairing, but Brownie remained Joness primary reference, amply demonstrated throughout his leader debut, particularly on his feature, Come Rain or Come Shine, and on Full Moon and Empty Arms. It was bop with a joyous, West Coast accent, grounded in Joness lyrical assurance, Lands maturity and the solid virtues of pianist Frank Strazzeri, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Leon Petties.

The second album, Business Meetin, used the same quintet, with Donald Dean in for Petties, and a nonet arranged by Gerald Wilson, including a saxophone section, which elicited an ideally simpatico response from Jones. Both these albums amply demonstrate why musicians were unanimous in their praise of this gifted oung trumpeter and his sudden rise to national prominence.

TRACKLIST:

01. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Ellington-Lee) 11:12

02. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) 4:30

03. Night Tide (Jimmy Bond) 4:02

04. Sad March (Carmell Jones) 5:45

05. Stellisa (Carmell Jones) 9:10

06. Full Moon and Empty Arms (Rachmaninoff-Kaye-Mossman) 6:38

07. That's Good (Carmell Jones) 6:05

08. Suearl (Harold Land) 7:07

09. Hip Trolley (Carmell Jones) 5:22

10. Beautiful Love (Young-King-Gillespie) 5:38

11. Business Meetin' (Gerald Wilson) 4:48

12. Stella by Starlight (Young-Washington) 2:33

13. Toddler (Clare Fischer) 3:51

Sources:

Tracks #1-6 from "The Remarkable Carmell Jones" (Pacific Jazz ST-29)

Tracks #7-13 from "Business Meetin'" (Pacific Jazz ST-53)

Personnel on "The Remarkable"

Carmell Jones, trumpet; Harold Land, tenor sax; Frank Strazzeri, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Leon Petties, drums.

Recorded at Pacific Enterprises Inc./Rex Studios, Los Angeles, June 13 (#6), 14 (#3-5), 30 (#1,2), 1961

Personnel on "Business Meetin'"

Tracks #7-10: Same personnel as on The Remarkable Carmell Jones, but Donald Dean replaces Leon Petties.

Recorded at Pacific Enterprises Inc./Rex Studios, Los Angeles, April 25, 1962

Tracks #11-13: Carmell Jones, trumpet; Bud Shank, Clifford Scott, alto saxes; Harold Land Wilbur Brown, tenor saxes; Don Rafell, baritone sax; Frank Strazzeri, piano Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Ron Jefferson, drums; Gerald Wilson, arranger.

Recorded at Pacific Enterprises Inc./Rex Studios, Los Angeles, May 23, 1962

Original Cover design & photos: Woody Woodward

Original recordings produced and engineered by Richard Bock

This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

Note: The tune Cherokee (recorded May 23, 1962) from the album Business Meetin' exceeded the maximum playing time of a single CD and has thus been excluded from this compilation. It can be found as a bonus track on the Gerald Wilson Big Band album (FSR-759).