''Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love'' is an album by jazz trumpeter
Harry "Sweets" Edison with recorded in California in 1964 and released by the
Vee-Jay
Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll.
The label was founded in Gary, Indiana in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a ...
label.
[Callahan, M. & Edwards, D]
Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 2: Main Series VJS-1071 to VJS-1154 (1963–1965)
Retrieved July 30, 2019
Track listing
# "
Dream" (
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
) – 3:10
# "
Isn't It Romantic?" (
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...
,
Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Both ...
) – 2:31
# "
When Your Lover Has Gone" (
Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:17
# "Nice 'n' Easy" (
Alan Bergman
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,
Marilyn Keith,
Lew Spence) – 2:38
# "My Old Flame" (
Arthur Johnston,
Sam Coslow) – 3:21
# "Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got" (
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
) – 3:04
# "
I'm Lost "I'm Lost" is a song written by Otis René and recorded in 1944 by Benny Carter and His Orchestra. The single, with vocals by Dick Gray, went to number one on the Harlem Hit Parade and was his most successful of three entries on the Harlem Hit Para ...
" (
Otis René) – 4:16
# "
The Girl from Ipanema" (
Antônio Carlos Jobim,
Vinicius de Moraes,
Norman Gimbel) – 3:06
# "
You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) – 2:59
# "
Blues in My Heart
"Blues in My Heart" is a 1931 jazz standard. It was written by Benny Carter and Irving Mills.
Cover Versions
* Mildred Bailey - recorded on September 15, 1931 for Brunswick Records (catalog No. 6190).
* Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1931). ...
" (
Benny Carter,
Irving Mills
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Personal
Mills was ...
) – 3:41
# "
I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (
Ray Noble) – 2:48
# "
Honeysuckle Rose" (
Fats Waller
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...
,
Andy Razaf
Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose".
Biography
Razaf was born in Washi ...
) – 3:21
Personnel
*
Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
*Orchestra conducted by
Benny Carter featuring:
**
Gerald Wiggins – piano
**
John Collins John Collins may refer to:
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* John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
* John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
* John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director an ...
– guitar
**
Joe Comfort
Joe Comfort (July 18, 1917 – October 29, 1988) was an American jazz double bassist.
Biography
His mother was born in Mississippi and played the organ during black and white silent movies. His father, George Comfort from Natchez Mississippi tau ...
–
bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
**
Earl Palmer – drums
**Additional unidentified musicians – trombones, violins, harp and vocal group
*Benny Carter (tracks 6–8),
Dick Hazard
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(tracks 1, 2, 4, 9–10 && 12), Warren Baker (tracks 3, 5 & 11) – arrangement
References
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Harry Edison albums
1964 albums
Vee-Jay Records albums
Albums arranged by Benny Carter
Albums arranged by Richard Hazard