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"Sweets" For The Sweet

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Format: CD

Genre: Big Band & Swing

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.2
Based on 6 ratings.

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Harry "Sweets" Edison was one of the greatest trumpeters of all time. Very popular during the big band era, Edison was a renowned soloist who also led his own orchestra and was an in-demand session player through the 1960's (most notably for Frank Sinatra). This collection of 'sweet' music is a great introduction to one of the jazz world's sweetest trumpet players.

Product Description:

Personnel: Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Leroy Vinnegar, Gerry Wiggins, Jackie Mills, Don Abney.

Includes liner notes by Mort Fega.

Veteran trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison is awash in strings on this collection of ballads originally recorded for the Sue label in 1965. The material includes established standards ("Willow Weep for Me" and "On Green Dolphin Street"), pop songs of the day (including a corny "Hello, Dolly" with honky tonk piano and "Call Me Irresponsible"), as well as a pair of originals ("Blues for Christine" and "Sweets for the Sweet") by the leader. Edison's solos, whether muted or with open horn, are enjoyable, though rather reserved due to the nature of the arrangements. His accompanists include either Gerry Wiggins or Don Abney on piano, Leroy Vinnegar or (possibly) Red Callendar on bass, and drummer Jackie Mills. The distortion present on several tracks within this CD reissue may be due to faulty engineering on the original sessions; in any case, this disc will be of minimal interest to jazz fans. ~ Ken Dryden


Tracks:


  • 1.What Is There To Say
  • 2.I Wish You Love
  • 3.Call Me Irresponsible
  • 4.Willow Weep For Me
  • 5.But Beautiful
  • 6.Blues For Christine
  • 7.Green Dolphin Street
  • 8.Hello Dolly
  • 9.Everything Happens To Me
  • 10.Days Of Wine And Roses
  • 11.Carpetbaggers
  • 12.Sweets For The Sweet

CD Details:

  • Original Album: SUE P-1030 (1964)
  • Label: Collectables Records
  • Originally Released in: 1996
  • Release Date: February 27, 1996
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 3,524
  • Item UPC: 090431571828
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item for International Shipping.

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Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.2
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Rating 5.0 A Specially Sweet Treat
Music Lover: Michael Darcy from Placentia, CA US -- June, 13, 2004

For any and all Harry Edison fans, this CD is wonderful. Harry has so often played with a mute. He was one of the foremost with a mute ever heard, yet his open horn playing is featured here on a few numbers. The first track, What Is There To Say, is divine. Harry's sense of dynamic and phrasing here is beyond description. Another open horn number is But Beautiful. This number also shines dynamically. My favorite muted number on this album is Call Me Irresponsible. Get this CD.


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