Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz

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and a member of the

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. His most important contribution was as a

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studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard backing singers, most notably

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Biography

Edison was born in

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, United States. He spent his early childhood in

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, Kentucky, being introduced to music by an uncle. After moving back to Columbus at the age of twelve, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in

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. Afterwards, he played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and

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. In 1937, he moved to New York and joined the

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Orchestra. His colleagues included

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(who named him "Sweets"), Buddy Tate, Freddie Green,

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, and other original members of that famous band. Speaking in 1956 with ''

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's'' Don Freeman, Edison explained the origin of his nickname:

Well, this happened one day in March back in '37. All of us in the Basie band were sitting around the lobby of the Woodside Hotel in New York. It was snowing outside, and we were waiting for the bus to go on a tour of one-nighters. We were all like brothers in that band. I was kind of the baby of the band and took a lot of the ribbing. So this time Lester Young was joshing me about my 'sweet' style and he said: "We're going to call you 'Sweetie Pie.'" They did, too, for a few months. Then they shortened it to "Sweets." The nickname has kind of lasted a long time.

"Sweets" Edison came to prominence as a soloist with the Basie Band and as an occasional composer/arranger for the band. He also appeared in the 1944 film '' Jammin' the Blues''. Edison spent thirteen years with Basie until the band was temporarily disbanded in 1950. Edison thereafter pursued a varied career as leader of his own groups, traveling with Jazz at the Philharmonic and freelancing with other orchestras. In the early 1950s, he settled on the West Coast and became a highly sought-after studio musician, making important contributions to recordings by such artists as

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and

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. He worked closely with the arranger

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, who gave Edison a microphone that was separate from the rest of the trumpet section. He made use of a Harmon mute to improvise his solos and obbligatos. In 1956, he recorded the first of three albums with

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. According to the ''Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies'', Edison in the 1960s and 1970s continued to work in many orchestras on television shows, including ''Hollywood Palace'' and '' The Leslie Uggams Show'', specials with Frank Sinatra; prominently featured on the sound track and in the sound track album of the film '' Lady Sings the Blues''. From 1973, Edison acted as Musical Director for

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on theatre dates, at concerts, and in

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. He appeared frequently in

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and

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until shortly before his death. He was the Los Angeles Jazz Society's first Tribute Honoree. Edison died of

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at his home in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 83.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* '' Buddy and Sweets'' ( Norgran, 1955) with Buddy Rich * '' Pres and Sweets'' (Norgran, 1955) with

* '' Sweets'' (

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, 1956) * '' Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You'' ( Verve, 1957) with

* '' Jazz Giants '58'' (Verve, 1958) with

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and

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing t ...

* '' Going for Myself'' (Verve, 1958) with

* '' The Swinger'' (Verve, 1958) * '' Mr. Swing'' (Verve, 1958 960 * '' Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton'' (Verve, 1958) with

* '' Sweetenings'' (

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, 1958) * '' Patented by Edison'' (Roulette, 1960) * ''

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'' (Roulette, 1961) with Joe Williams * '' Jawbreakers'' ( Riverside, 1962) with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis * '' Wanted to Do One Together'' ( Columbia, 1962) with

* '' "Sweets" for the Sweet'' ( Sue, 1964) * '' Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love'' ( Vee-Jay, 1964) * '' When Lights Are Low'' (

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, 1966) * '' The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner'' ( Pablo, 1974) with

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and

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...

* '' Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison'' (Pablo, 1974) with

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* '' Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts'' (Pablo, 1974) with Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry * '' Edison's Lights'' (Pablo, 1976) * '' Simply Sweets'' (Pablo, 1978) with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis * '' Just Friends'' (Pablo, 1978

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with John Haley Sims * ''Meeting in Stockholm'' (Beaver Records, 1985) with Claes Crona * '' Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson'' (Pablo, 1986) with Oscar Peterson and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson * ''For My Pals'' (Pablo, 1988)

As sideman

With

* '' Memories Ad-Lib'' (Roulette, 1958) * '' Breakfast Dance and Barbecue'' (Roulette, 1959) * '' Hollywood...Basie's Way'' (

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, 1967) * '' Basie's Beat'' (Verve, 1967) * ''

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'' ( Brunswick, 1967) * '' Standing Ovation'' ( Dot, 1969) * '' The Original American Decca Recordings'' ( GRP, 1992) – rec. 1937–1939 * '' Live at the Sands (Before Frank)'' (

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, 1998) –rec. 1966 With

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* '' Skin Deep'' (Norgran, 1953) * '' Drumorama!'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Music, Romance and Especially Love'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Louis Bellson at The Flamingo'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Thunderbird'' (Impulse!, 1965) With Ray Bryant * '' Madison Time'' (Columbia, 1960) * '' Dancing the Big Twist'' (Columbia, 1961) With

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* '' Wonderland'' (Pablo, 1986) – rec. 1976 * '' Elegy in Blue'' (MusicMasters, 1994) With

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with

Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...

* '' Side by Side'' (Verve, 1959) * '' Back to Back'' (Verve, 1959) With

* '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook'' (1956, Verve) * '' Get Happy!'' (1959, Verve) * '' Hello, Love'' (1960, Verve) * '' Whisper Not'' (1967, Verve) * '' 30 by Ella'' (1968, Capitol) * '' Ella Loves Cole'' (1972, Capitol) * '' Fine and Mellow'' (1974, Pablo) * '' All That Jazz'' (1989, Pablo) With

* '' Music for Torching'' (Norgran, 1955) * '' Velvet Mood'' (

, 1956) * '' Lady Sings the Blues'' (Clef, 1956) * '' Body and Soul'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Songs for Distingué Lovers'' (Verve, 1957) * ''

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'' (Verve, 1958) With

* '' Vamp 'til Ready'' (Everest, 1960) * '' The Main Man'' (Pablo, 1977) With

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* '' Go West, Man!'' ( ABC, 1957) * '' The Birth of a Band!'' (Mercury, 1959) * '' Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury, 1965) - rec. 1959–1965 * '' Walk, Don't Run'' (Verve, 1966) With Buddy Rich * '' The Swinging Buddy Rich'' (Norgran, 1954) * '' The Wailing Buddy Rich'' (Norgran, 1955) * '' This One's for Basie'' (Verve, 1956) * '' Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer'' (Verve, 1956) * '' Buddy Rich Just Sings'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Richcraft'' (Mercury, 1959) With Shorty Rogers * '' Shorty Rogers Courts the Count'' (RCA Victor, 1954) * '' Martians Come Back!'' (Atlantic,1956) – rec. 1955 * '' Way Up There'' (Atlantic, 1957) – rec. 1955 * '' Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers'' (RCA Victor, 1957) With

* '' Swing Easy!'' (Capitol, 1954) * '' In the Wee Small Hours'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' Songs for Swingin' Lovers!'' (Capitol, 1956) * '' Close to You'' (Capitol, 1957) * '' A Swingin' Affair!'' (Capitol, 1957) * '' Only the Lonely'' (Capitol, 1958) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1961) * '' Sinatra & Company'' (Reprise, 1971) * '' Some Nice Things I've Missed'' (Reprise, 1974) With

and

* '' It Might as Well Be Swing'' (Reprise, 1964) * '' Sinatra at the Sands'' (Reprise, 1966) With

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* '' Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990'' (Concord, 1990) * '' Night at the Concord Pavilion'' (Concord, 1990) With

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* '' Dreamy'' (Roulette, 1960) * '' The Divine One'' (Roulette, 1961) With

* '' Going for Myself'' (Verve, 1958) – rec. 1957 * '' Laughin' to Keep from Cryin''' (Verve, 1958) With others *

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, '' An Evening with Belafonte'' (

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, 1957) *

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and

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, '' Stretching Out'' (

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, 1958) *

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, '' Hoagy Sings Carmichael'' ( Pacific Jazz, 1956) * James Carter, '' Conversin' with the Elders'' (Atlantic, 1996) * Dolo Coker, '' Third Down'' ( Xanadu, 1977) *

, '' After Midnight'' (Capitol, 1957) * Clifford Coulter, '' Do It Now!'' (Impulse!, 1971) *

and Buddy Bregman, '' Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings'' ( Verve, 1956) *

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, ''

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'' (

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, 1957) *

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, '' Billy's Best!'' (Mercury, 1958) * Herb Ellis, '' Ellis in Wonderland'' (Verve, 1956) * Gil Fuller, '' Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) *

, '' Jazz Recital'' (Norgran, 1955) *

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, '' The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet'' (Atlantic, 1956) * Al Grey, '' Shades of Grey'' (Tangerine, 1965) *

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, '' Songs for Hip Lovers'' (Verve, 1957) * Red Holloway, ''Live at the Floating Jazz Festival'' (Chiaroscuro, 1997) *

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, '' Memphis Jackson'' (Impulse!, 1969) * Illinois Jacquet, '' Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra'' (Verve, 1956) *

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, '' Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants'' (Riverside, 1960) * Barney Kessel, '' To Swing or Not to Swing'' (

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, 1955) *

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, '' Rhymes & Reasons'' ( A&M 1972) *

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, '' Live at the Apollo'' (1991) *

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and Buddy Rich, '' Krupa and Rich'' (Clef, 1956) * Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross, '' The Hottest New Group in Jazz'' (Columbia, 1960) *

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, '' MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration'' (Atlantic, 1994) *

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, '' That's a Plenty'' (Blue Thumb, 1974) * Paul Quinichette, '' Like Basie!'' (United Artists, 1959) * Nancy Wilson, '' The Sound of Nancy Wilson'' (Capitol, 1968) * Joe Williams, '' Joe Williams Live! A Swingin' Night at Birdland'' (Roulette, 1962) *

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, ''Teddy Wilson & His All Stars'' (

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, 1995) * V.A. '' Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72'' (Pablo, 1973) * V.A. '' Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness'' (1983, Pablo)

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