Harry Edison
About the artist
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and member of the Count Basie Orchestra. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Edison spent his early childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was introduced to music by an uncle. After moving back to Columbus at the age of 12, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in Cleveland. Afterwards he played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and Lucky Millinder.
Top songs
- How Deep Is The Ocean
- Willow Weep For Me
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
- Hollering At the Watkins
- Blues in the Closet
- Pussy Willow
- Candy
- Used To Be Basie
- When Your Lover Has Gone
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- Studio Call
- Medley: Lush Life / Lullaby Of The Leaves / Makin' Whoopee / It Never Entered My Mind
- The Very Thought of You
- Walkin' With Sweets
- Impressario
- You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
- K.M. Blues
- Chocolate Sundae
- Opus 711
- Nasty
- Sunday
- The Strollers
- Moonlight In Vermont
- Woodyn' You
- Just Friends
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
- Hollering At Watkins
- Short Coat
- Blues for Piney Brown
- Ill Wind
- Yesterdays
- There Is No Greater Love
- Blues for Bill Basie
- Blues for the Blues
- Red Bank Shuffle
- Taste on the Place
- You Go To My Head
- Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You
- III Wind
- Fair Ground
- Super
- How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
- How Am I to Know?
- Super (take 1)
- Mean To Me
- Gimme Some
- You Can Depend On Me
- September in the Rain
- Memories Of You (live at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (live at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo)
- My Old Flame
- Centerpiece
- Pennies from Heaven
- Memories Of You - live at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
- Short Coast
- 'S Wonderful
- Just You, Just Me
- Ain't Misbehavin' - live at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
- Song of the Islands
- Tea for Two
- Blue Skies
- The Night Is Blue
- Jive At Five
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
- Opus
- These Foolish Things
- Indiana
- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Cheek to Cheek (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Dirty Butt Blues
- Makin' Whoopee
- Out Of Nowwhere
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- The Swinger: Pussy Willow
- K. M. Blues
- Blues in the Closet (Sonny and Sweets)
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Sunrise Blues
- Broadway
- That's All
- Sophisticated Lady (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Speak Low (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- A Foggy Day (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Swonderful
- April in Paris (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Just a Mood
- Now's the Time
- Blue Creek
- Bags Groove
- The Swinger: Fair Ground
- Mr Swing-Harry Edison: Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
- A Smo-O-Oth One
- Moonlight in Vermont (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- All or Nothing At All (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- Satin Doll
- Days Of Wine And Roses
- Willow, Weep For Me
- Just One of Those Things (with Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles & Barney Kessel)
- The Swinger: Nasty
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