Edison, Harry

▪ 2000

“Sweets” 

      American jazz trumpeter who was noted for his muted stylings; he was a soloist in Count Basie's classic late-1930s band, appeared in the noted Gjon Mili short film Jammin' the Blues (1944), and stayed with Basie until 1950. He later toured with the Jazz at the Philharmonic troupe and in combos with saxophonists Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Jimmy Forrest; based in Hollywood, he made countless recordings in big and small jazz bands, as leader, and with singers, among them Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and especially Frank Sinatra, in whose accompanying band he also toured (b. Oct. 10, 1915, Columbus, Ohio—d. July 27, 1999, Columbus).

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