Harry "Sweets" Edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison got the most mileage out of a single note, like his former boss Count Basie. Edison, immediately recognizable within a note or two, long used repetition and simplicity to his advantage while always swinging. He played in local bands in Columbus and then in 1933 joined the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. After a couple years in St. Louis, Edison moved to New York where he joined Lucky Millinder and then in June 1938, Count Basie, remaining with that classic orchestra until it broke up in 1950. During that period, he was featured on many records, appeared in the 1944 short Jammin' the Blues and gained his nickname "Sweets" (due to his tone) from Lester Young. In the 1950s, Edison toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic, settled in Los Angeles, and was well-featured both as a studio musician (most noticeably on Frank Sinatra records) and on jazz dates. He had several reunions with Count Basie in the 1960s and by the '70s was often teamed with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; Edison also recorded an excellent duet album for Pablo with Oscar Peterson. One of the few swing trumpeters to be influenced by Dizzy Gillespie, Sweets led sessions through the years for Pacific Jazz, Verve, Roulette, Riverside, Vee-Jay, Liberty, Sue, Black & Blue, Pablo, Storyville, and Candid among others. Although his playing faded during the 1980s and '90s, Edison could still say more with one note than nearly anyone; he died July 27, 1999, at age 83.
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Original Jazz Sound: Sweets
Bebop - Released by Original Jazz Sound on 24 Jan 2011
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Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Buck Clayton
Lounge - Released by Ancien Prodige on 28 Nov 2022
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There Will Never Be Another You (Live)
Jazz - Released by Nagel heyer records on 1 Oct 2002
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Cool Time Out
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Released by CTO go pro rec. on 18 Jan 2021
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St Tropez (Remastered 2021, Ep)
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Lester Young
Jazz - Released by Hit Singles Records on 30 Apr 2021
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On the Point
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Released by OnPoint on 26 Aug 2021
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Pres and Sweets
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Lounge - Released by Ancien Prodige on 26 Nov 2022
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Together
Joe Williams, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
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Going for Myself
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 1 Jan 1957
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I Can Hear Music
Jazz - Released by Nagel heyer records on 12 Sep 2017
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Ben and Sweets
Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 17 Sep 1962
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Buddy and Sweets
Buddy Rich, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 14 Dec 2013
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Pres and Sweets
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 26 Nov 2022
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Pres & Sweets (Hq Remastered)
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 27 Jul 2021
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Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Ben Webster, Vol. 7 (1953, 1962)
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 15 Mar 2019
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Flapping Wings
Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Jazz - Released by Wings in Hell on 13 Dec 2020
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Jawbreakers
Eddie Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 14 Dec 2013
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