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| 1. | Moten's Swing
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| 2. | Making the Scene
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| 3. | Sweet Georgia Brown
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| 4. | Blue Lou
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| 5. | Stompin' at the Savoy
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| 6. | Session at Midnight
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| 7. | Out of Nowhere
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| 8. | I want to Be Happy
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| 9. | Broadway
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| 10. | Session at Riverside
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| 11. | Undecided
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| 12. | Escape Hatch
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Jazz / Mainstream Jazz
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Author, Trumpet, Soloist
Charlie Shavers - Trumpet, Soloist
Art Ryerson - Guitar, Soloist
Arvell Shaw - Bass
Babe Russin - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Billy Butterfield - Soloist, Trumpet
Buddy DeFranco Author
Coleman Hawkins - Soloist, Sax (Tenor)
Earle Warren - Soloist, Sax (Alto)
Frank Wess - Author
Gus Bivona - Clarinet, Soloist
Irving Cottler - Drums, Soloist
Jerry Jerome - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Jimmy Rowles - Soloist, Piano
Lou McGarity - Soloist, Trombone
Lou Stein - Piano, Soloist
Louis Armstrong Author
Mike Rubin - Bass, Soloist
Milt Hinton - Soloist, Bass
Murray McEachern - Soloist, Sax (Alto), Trombone
Osie Johnson - Drums, Soloist
Peanuts Hucko - Soloist, Clarinet
Plas Johnson - Soloist, Sax (Tenor)
Shorty Sherock - Trumpet, Soloist
Stanley Crouch - Author
Urbie Green - Trombone, Soloist
2 LP on 1 CD
Sweetly swinging trumpet work -- and two very well-matched sessions! The first half of the CD features tracks from the legendary Capitol album Session At Midnight -- featuring Harry Edison on trumpet, in a group that also includes Shorty Sherock, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, and Plas Johnson -- all blowing in an easy and relaxed fashion on tracks that include "Moten's Swing", "Making The Scene", "Blue Lou", and "Session At Midnight". The second half of the set is from a similarly-styled album -- Session At Riverside -- in which Charlie Shavers is in the trumpet chair, and working with players that include Peanuts Hucko, Urbie Green, and Earl Warren -- on titles that include "Escape Hatch", "Session At Riverside", "Broadway", and "I Want To Be Happy". Both records have a great open sort of feel -- and give the soloists a bit more space than usual!
Two full LPs of Harry "Sweets" Edison and Charlie Shavers, Session at Midnight and Session at Riverside are reissued in full on this single CD, here titled Complete at Midnight/At Riverside Sessions. Both of the sets are in the tradition of the Buck Clayton Jam Sessions with fairly basic chord changes, riffing behind soloists, and the lineups being populated by colorful swing veterans. The main difference from the Clayton jams is that the performances are briefer, clocking in mostly between five and six minutes. However there is ample solo space for all of the key players, sometimes including as many as eight horn players and the pianist on a single track. A bit unusual is that "Blue Lou" features trumpet solos and trade-offs by Harry "Sweets" Edison, Shorty Sherock and Benny Carter (switching from alto), along with alto trade-offs between Carter, Murray McEachern (who doubles on valve trombone) and Willie Smith. In general, all of the musicians play at least as well as one would expect, and one gets a rare opportunity to hear trumpeter Shorty Sherock, clarinetist Gus Bivona and tenor saxophonist Babe Russin in this type of mid-'50s all-star group. The results are fun, often infectious, and filled with spirited playing. ~ 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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