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Harry \u201cSweets\u201d Edison (born Harry Edison, October 10, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio; died July 27, 1999, in Columbus) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played in bands around Columbus as a teenager, toured the Midwest with territory groups in the 1930s, and joined Count Basie’s orchestra in 1938, staying until 1950.<\/p>\n

During twelve years with Basie he was one of the band’s most important soloists. Lester Young gave him the nickname \u201cSweets,\u201d saying that whatever he played came out with a little sweetness in it. His muted trumpet had a round tone and his phrases were spare: he could say everything he had to say in a handful of notes and never chased volume or display. That less-is-more approach shaped a generation of trumpet players after him.<\/p>\n

After leaving Basie in 1950 he settled in Los Angeles and became a fixture of the studios, while touring with Jazz at the Philharmonic and recording with Ben Webster, Buddy Rich and Lester Young; \u201cPres & Sweets\u201d with Young in 1956 is the emblem of that period. In the 1970s he co-led a quintet with Eddie \u201cLockjaw\u201d Davis, recording albums such as \u201cJusa Bit ‘O’ Blues,\u201d and toured Europe and Japan for years, still playing Los Angeles clubs late in life. He received the NEA Jazz Masters award.<\/p>\n

This catalog adds \u201cThe Swinger\u201d (1958, Verve MG V-8295) and \u201cSweetenings\u201d (1959, Roulette SR 52023). The first is a sextet date with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, pianist Jimmy Jones, guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Charlie Persip, including \u201cPussy Willow,\u201d \u201cThe Very Thought of You\u201d and \u201cSunday.\u201d The second sets twelve pieces in larger arrangements, from \u201cCenterpiece\u201d and \u201cJive at Five\u201d to \u201cIndiana,\u201d and shows a different side of him in the hands of an arranger.<\/p>\n

Cover photograph by Lioneldecoster, Paris, CC BY-SA 3.0; body photograph by the same photographer, a Paris stage lineup reading from left Junior Mance, Eddie Vinson, Lou Donaldson, Scott Hamilton, Martin Rivera and Harry Edison, CC BY-SA 3.0. Both from Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n

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Harry Edison (far right) with Junior Mance, Eddie Vinson, Lou Donaldson, Scott Hamilton and Martin Rivera on stage in Paris. Photograph by Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (File:Scott Hamilton.jpg).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Count Basie’s leading trumpet soloist of the 1940s, whose round muted tone and restrained phrases earned him the name \u201cSweets\u201d and set a standard for jazz trumpet color for forty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":130723,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","discogs_artist_id":"258469","artist_discogs_id":"258469","artist_spotify_id":"4rZoL92ShDgN9SLLg4OPPN","artist_tier":"legendary","artist_is_featured":"1","artist_discogs_url":"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/258469","artist_spotify_url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4rZoL92ShDgN9SLLg4OPPN","spotify_artist_url":"","apple_music_url":"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/harry-edison\/152743137","artist_apple_music_url":"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/harry-edison\/152743137"},"artist_type":[2,3096],"music_genre":[490,485],"class_list":["post-130725","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artist_type-person","artist_type-3096","music_genre-swing","music_genre-jazz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHarry Edison - 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