Norman Edge (April 29, 1934 – June 4, 2018) was an American jazz musician who played the

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Life and work

Edge played in a military band during his military service and then served for several years in the National Guard. During this time, he played with the pianist Morris Nanton, with whom he recorded the album ''Flower Drum Song'' (

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, with Osie Johnson) in 1958 and worked together regularly over the next 50 years, producing several albums, such as ''Preface'' (1964), ''Something We've Got'' (1965) and ''Soul Fingers'' (1966). He is also on albums by

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and ...

(''

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, 1967, with

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

and Urbie Green) and in albums with Sandy Sasso and

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many world-famous vocalists at Capitol Records ...

. Edge taught in public schools in

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and gave private lessons, along with playing in orchestras and jazz bands. In the field of jazz, he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 1958 and 2002.Tom Lord ''The Jazz Discography'' (online, accessed June 7, 2018) Edge last lived in

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, New Jersey.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge, Norman 1934 births 2018 deaths American jazz bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American jazz musicians Musicians from Jersey City, New Jersey People from Metuchen, New Jersey American male jazz musicians