Harry Edison(1915-1999)

Music Department
Actor
Soundtrack

Harry Edison was a composer, songwriter ("Free Eats", "Every Tub") and trumpeter in the Count Basie and His Orchestra between 1937 and 1950, then with Buddy Rich. He toured with Josephine Baker, appeared in "Jazz at the Philharmonic", and made many records. He joined ASCAP in 1959, and his other popular instrumental compositions include "Mutton Leg", "Jive at Five", "Beaver Junction", "Center Piece", "Shorty George", "Pound Cake", "Sweets", and "Evil Blues".

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Known for

Nos nuits à Rodanthe

6.0

Soundtrack("Jive At Five")

2008

Where's Poppa?

6.4

Soundtrack(as Harry 'Sweets' Edison, "The Goodbye Song")

1970

NDR Jazz Workshops

TV Series

Soundtrack("Jive At Five", "Jive At Five ")

Baseball

9.2

TV Mini Series

Soundtrack("Pound Cake")

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Music Department

Won Ton Ton, le chien qui sauva Hollywood
4.8
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1976
Lady Sings the Blues
7.0
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1972
Urbanissimo
6.8
Short
- musician: soloist (as Harry 'Sweets' Edison)
- 1967
Rien ne sert de courir
6.6
- music performer
- musician: Trumpet (uncredited)
- 1966

Actor

Soundtrack

Nos nuits à Rodanthe
6.0
- writer: "Jive At Five"
- 2008
Freaks & Geeks
8.8
TV Series
- writer: "The Monster" (uncredited)
- 2000
Baseball
9.2
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Pound Cake"
- 1994
Where's Poppa?
6.4
- performer: "The Goodbye Song" (as Harry 'Sweets' Edison)
- 1970
NDR Jazz Workshops
TV Series
- writer: "Jive At Five"
- writer: "Jive At Five "
- 1960
Jammin' the Blues
7.9
Short
- performer: "Midnight Symphony", "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), "Jammin' the Blues" (uncredited)
- 1944