Wednesday, April 22,1964 University Daily Kansan
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Carmell Jones' Trumpet Treats KU Jazz Buffs
By Rogers Worthington
Jazz fans received a rare treat last night when West Coast Trump peter Carmell Jones stepped into a local tavern on Jayhawk Boulevard with his lyrical horn.
Tuesday night, since this past fall, has been jazz night at the Gaslight Tavern, with music provided by a quartet composed of KU students. Mainstays of the group have been Herb Smith, Memphis senior, alto, Charlie Matthews, K. C., Kansas junior, bass, Jim Hamlett, K. C., Kansas, piano, and Gerry Walls, Topeka senior, drums.
But last night the four musicians were joined by the Carmell Jones, who is currently playing at a Kansas City, Mo. nightclub.
Jones, who is in the area to participate in "Kansas City Homecoming," a jazz bash at K. C.'s municipal auditorium this Sunday, is a former KU student. He attended KU in 1958-1960, after serving a two-year hitch in the army.
A rumor about Jones appearing at the tavern traveled through the grapevine of campus jazzophiles
Carmell Jones
late last week, and the tavern was filled, even before the trumpeter's arrival, beyond capacity.
Jones appeared shortly before 10 pm. and took a seat with some friends near the bandstand. Those who recognized him, noticed with chagrin that he did not have his trumpet.
He sat, listening to the quartet
play, and talking quietly with friends and fans, for about half an hour. Those who knew of his presence anxiously began to wonder if he was going to play.
But when the quartet took a break, Jones left for a few minutes, and returned with trumpet in hand.
line band launched into Charlie Parker's "Confirmation," and Jones took the first solo.
The drone of noise and conversation began to subside as Jones breezed through the tune. And people who had not been aware of his presence, suddenly were.
The notes from his trumpet cut through the smoke-clogged air and the quartet rose to meet the challenge.
The crowd exploded into applause. Jones and aloist Smith played in unison on "Four," a tune made popular by Miles Davis.
On "Blue Moon," Jones followed singer Jan Wheaton, Cherryvale senior, with a strong, lyrical solo. On "Walkin'," Jones and Smith played a rhythmic riff and traded four bar phrases which brought
the house down with cheers and applause.
Near the end of the evening, Mike Bush, Glendale, Mo. senior and member of the Oread Jazz Festival steering committee, announced the possibility of another session tonight at the tavern with Jones again present.
Bush also announced that the noon hour Saturday during the Festival, which had been set aside as a rest
period, would be open to local jazz musicians who are not entered in the festival and would like an opportunity to play. The session, he said, would take place in the Union Ballroom following elimination late Saturday morning.
Jones, who has been playing and recording on the west coast for the past three years, will go to New York early next week where he will join Horace Silver's quintet.
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