Harry Edison
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Stage 8 (voice)
"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self
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.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Felix (voice)
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.
Movie - 1929, 2h 15m • as Felix (voice)
When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.
Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • as Self - on Trumpet
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.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Felix (voice)
Felix goes on a picnic.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Felix (voice)
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.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Uncle Igneous (voice)
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.