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| 1. | September in the rain
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| 2. | 'S wonderful
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| 3. | Just you, just me
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| 4. | (Back Home Again In) Indiana
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| 5. | Pennies from heaven
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| 6. | These foolish things
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| 7. | Tea for two
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Jazz / : Mainstream Jazz
Recorded: July 1, 1953, The Haig, Hollywood
Harry Sweets Edison (tp)
Arnold Ross (p), Joe Comfort (b), Alvin Stoller (d)
The issue of this CD is an important event for the first time all the music know to have been recorded at the Haig the night Harry Edison fronted a quartet there is available on one disc.
On original Lp and CD re-editions, Arnold Ross's four chorus piano solo on "Indiana" had been cut in half, "September in the Rain" had been shortened by the editing out of two choruses (one by Ross, one by Edison), while "This foolish things" had lost the second half of a solo chorus of piano.
This Fresh Sound edition puts back all the choruses and we can enjoy now to the full Harry Edison in brilliant form backet by a superlative rhythm section.
"Harry "Sweets" Edison, like his former boss Count Basie, always had the ability to say the most with the least. Every note counted in his solos and he was an expert at simplicity and infectious repetition, particularly in later years when weakening health resulted in a more limited style. Back in 1953, Edison was still just 37 and one of the major survivors of the swing era. He picked up some ideas from Dizzy Gillespie's style that fit his conception so his personal approach fell between swing and bop. His range was fairly wide and he could sound quite powerful and fluent. This Fresh Sound reissue brings back an obscure but very worthy album from the Pacific Jazz catalog. Pianist Arnold Ross, whose most famous chorus was the one he took at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert right before Charlie Parker on "Lady Be Good," is perfect for this setting since he plays in an advanced swing style. Bassist Joe Comfort and drummer Alvin Stoller offer steady and swinging support. The quartet performs seven familiar standards with an up-tempo "'S Wonderful," "Just You, Just Me," "Pennies From Heaven," and a cooking "Tea for Two" being particularly exciting. This set, which is reasonably well recorded for the time period, is highly recommended and a constant joy."
— Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Oct 10, 1915 in Columbus, OH
Died: Jul 27, 1999
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Mainstream Jazz
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.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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