Harry Edison

Harry Edison

Born: October 10, 1915
Died: July 27, 1999
in Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His greatest impact was as a Hollywood studio musician, who's muted trumpet can be heard backing singers, most notably Frank Sinatra.

Movies for Harry Edison...

Improvisation
Title: Improvisation
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977, Joe Pass 1979, Ella Fitzgerald 1979, and Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977.
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Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Title: Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Character: Uncle Igneous (voice)
Released: April 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A boy and his dog take a wondrous trip under the earth's crust and through the geological eras of time, introducing children to geology in the form of a musical fantasy.
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Jammin' the Blues
Title: Jammin' the Blues
Character: Self - on Trumpet
Released: May 5, 1944
Type: Movie
In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.
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April Maze
Title: April Maze
Character: Felix (voice)
Released: September 14, 1930
Type: Movie
Felix goes on a picnic.
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Oceantics
Title: Oceantics
Character: Felix (voice)
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.
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Forty Winks
Title: Forty Winks
Character: Felix (voice)
Released: February 5, 1930
Type: Movie
There's no real plot here: just a string of gags on the theme of sleep, or trying to get to sleep. First, Felix and a quartet of feline Felix clones are yowling while a man is trying to sleep; then Felix encounters various obstacles in his own attempts to tryst with Morpheus.
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False Vases
Title: False Vases
Character: Felix (voice)
Released: April 30, 1929
Type: Movie
When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.