Thursday, October 11, 2012
Jazz Birthdays: Harry Edison (1915), Thelonious Monk (1917), Julius Watkins (1921), and Junior Mance (1928)
Lester Young took to calling Harry Edison ?Sweetie Pie?, referring to his musical style, when both were in the Basie band of the 1930s. This became ?Sweets?. The first time I noticed him was in a 1955 album (Tour de Force) in which he teamed up with Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge in a joint [...]
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