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| 1. | Blues in the Closet (Sonny and Sweets)
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| 2. | The Two Mothers
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| 3. | A Smo-o-oth One
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| 4. | Broadway
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| 5. | Nice Work If You Can Get It
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| 6. | Willow, Weep for Me
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| 7. | You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
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| 8. | Now's the Time
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| 9. | The Yellow Rose of Brooklyn
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| 10. | Lester Leaps In (All Sweets)
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| 11. | Easty Does It
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| 12. | Barney's Bugle (Blues)
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Jazz
#1-4: Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Sonny Criss (as), Jimmy Rowles (p), John Simmons (b), Buddy Rich (d)
Recorded in Los Angeles, on August 26, 1955
#5-12: Same personnel as above except Barney Kessel (g) replaces Criss
Recorded in Los Angeles, on September 1, 1955
This release comprises two outstanding 1955 sessions by quintets featuring trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison and drummer Buddy Rich. The latter was in fact the nominal leader of the sessions, although it is not easy to talk about leadership with two figures of such musical stature. Sweets and Rich are backed on both quintet dates by the remarkable Jimmy Rowles on piano and John Simmons on bass. The first session also boasts Edison’s interplay with alto saxophonist Sonny Criss as the second horn. This was the only session recorded by Criss during that entire year and his first since 1952! On the second session, Sweets is the only horn, and the quintet is completed by guitarist Barney Kessel.
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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