Over the course of a long stay with the original Count Basie band, and throughout an even lengthier solo career, Harry "Sweets" Edison cultivated an inimitable sound as a trumpet soloist and ...

For My Pals (Harry Sweets Edison; Pablo Records). Since playing those searing solos in Count Basie`s 1938 ”Every Tub” and ”Panassie Stomp,” Harry Sweets Edison has been among the most-recorded ...

He didn`t play a lot of notes, but the ones he did were never less than beguiling. That trumpeter Harry ”Sweets” Edison played an intimate jazz room Tuesday night was noteworthy in itself, for Edison ...

While October 10th is rightly honored for the birth of Thelonious Monk, I want to celebrate another jazz musician who shares his birthdate, trumpeter Harry “Sweets" Edison. Edison was born in Columbus ...

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This week Riverwalk Jazz presents Harry “Sweets" Edison in an encore presentation captured live at The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jr. Jazz Band. Edison died in 1999 at the age of 83.

Edison, a jazz trumpeter who accompanied singers such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, died Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 83. Edison, who had fought cancer for 14 years, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A silver gelatin print depicting a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A silver gelatin print depicting a ...

Known as a premier accompanist to singers and a masterful soloist, the inimitable trumpeter cultivated a spare yet bluesy approach. His career... Harry 'Sweets' Edison: Simplicity In Swing Over the ...

In an archive interview from 1992, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, star trumpeter for Count Basie in the 1930s and 40s, joins Alyn Shipton to select his favourite recordings. Show more The star trumpeter with ...