Harry

Harry Sweets Edison1915年10月出生在美國(guó)哥倫比亞。在肯塔基州度過了他的童年，因?yàn)樗氖迨宓脑蜷_始接觸音樂。12歲時(shí)在當(dāng)?shù)亟M建的自己的小號(hào)樂隊(duì)。之后加入Jeter-Pillars Orchestra 樂團(tuán)。1937年移居紐約，加入貝西樂隊(duì)，偶爾也擔(dān)任樂隊(duì)的作曲和編曲，直到樂隊(duì)解散。五十年代初，他定居美國(guó)西海岸，并成為一個(gè)非常受歡迎的電影音樂家，為電影錄音時(shí)間做出了重要的貢獻(xiàn)。1956年他錄制了自己的第一張專輯。
by Scott Yanow
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.