Sweetenings

Sweetenings
Studio album by
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Released1958
RecordedNovember 12–14, 1958
StudioNew York City, NY
GenreJazz
Length32:46
LabelRoulette
SR 52023
ProducerTeddy Reig
Harry "Sweets" Edison chronology
Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton
(1958) 		Sweetenings
(1958) 		Patented by Edison
(1960)

Sweetenings is an album by trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison featuring tracks recorded in 1958 which was originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states, "Harry "Sweets" Edison added something special to any date in which he took part, but these 1958 sessions he led for Roulette are especially enjoyable".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except as indicated

  1. "Centerpiece" - 3:25
  2. "Candy" (Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney) - 2:30
  3. "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Edison) - 2:48
  4. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:33
  5. "Louisiana" (J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf) - 2:27
  6. "Harriet" - 3:10
  7. "It Happened in Monterey" (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne) - 2:02
  8. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 3:14
  9. "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford) - 2:20
  10. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) - 1:46
  11. "Pussy Willow" - 3:58
  12. "Sweetenings" - 2:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 6, 2015
  2. ^ Harry "Sweets" Edison discography, accessed November 6, 2015
  3. ^ Gallagher, B. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweets Edison, accessed July 30, 2019
  4. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Sweetenings – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2015.