Sweets Edison Discovers the Right Note
Lew Shaw
March 1, 2016
Trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, who joined the Basie band in 1937 when he was 19, was asked, “How much of the music played by the
Trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, who joined the Basie band in 1937 when he was 19, was asked, “How much of the music played by the
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