''Edison's Lights'' is an album by trumpeter
Harry Edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard backi ...
recorded in 1976 and released by the
Pablo
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
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label.
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography
accessed May 27, 2019
Reception
AllMusic
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reviewer Scott Yanow stated "All of the musicians sound quite inspired and are heard throughout playing at their best and most colorful".
Track listing
All compositions by Harry Edison except where noted
# "Edison's Lights" – 6:36
# " Ain't Misbehavin'" ( Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 6:00
# "Avalon
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" (Buddy DeSylva
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, Vincent Rose
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Rose holds one of the longest histories as a ban ...
, Al Jolson
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) – 5:40
# ""E"" – 8:49
# "Helena's Theme" – 3:22
# "Home Grown" – 6:48
# "Spring Is Here
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" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:27
# " On the Trail" ( Ferde Grofé) – 7:10
Personnel
*Harry Edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard backi ...
– trumpet
*Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened in "Jaws"): it is either said that ...
– tenor saxophone
* William Basie (tracks 1-4), Dolo Coker
Charles Mitchell "Dolo" Coker (November 16, 1927 – April 13, 1983) was a jazz pianist and composer who recorded four albums for Xanadu Records and extensively as a sideman, for artists like Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Art Pepper, ...
(tracks 5-8) – piano
* John Heard – bass
* Jimmy Smith – drums
References
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1976 albums
Harry Edison albums
Pablo Records albums
Albums produced by Norman Granz