Harry “Sweets” Edison

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American jazz musician human jazz trumpeter

Harry “Sweets” Edison was an American jazz trumpeter renowned for his lyrical, muted trumpet solos and long association with the Count Basie Orchestra, as well as his prolific work as a studio musician.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harry “Sweets” Edison canonical	2
Harry "Sweets" Edison	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American jazz musician ⓘ human ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ
activity	big band jazz ⓘ
associatedAct	Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboration	worked with various jazz ensembles ⓘ
fullName	Harry Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	jazz ⓘ
instrument	trumpet ⓘ
knownFor	lyrical trumpet style ⓘ muted trumpet solos ⓘ work with Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
memberOf	Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nickname	Sweets NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRole	soloist in Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
occupation	studio musician ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ
recordingActivity	prolific studio recording artist ⓘ
reputation	highly sought-after studio trumpeter ⓘ renowned for tasteful, economical phrasing ⓘ
style	mainstream jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
workPeriod	20th century ⓘ

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Count Basie Orchestra → notableMember → Harry “Sweets” Edison ⓘ

Joe Williams → performedWith → Harry “Sweets” Edison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harry "Sweets" Edison

Herb Ellis → collaboratedWith → Harry “Sweets” Edison ⓘ