Harry "Sweets" Edison
Trumpet Solo on
She's Funny That Way

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Harry "Sweets" Edison's trumpet solo is the second of four solos on "She's Funny That Way" from the 1955 Pres & Sweets session. Edison takes two choruses over the 32-bar AABA form in E-flat at approximately 144 BPM, following Young's one-chorus opener. Edison's understated, space-conscious trumpet style allows Neil Moret's 1928 melody to shine through his improvisation, with his characteristic use of silence as a compositional element. The two-chorus length provides room for his approach of building from simple, widely spaced phrases to more connected melodic lines, creating a satisfying narrative arc.

Harry "Sweets" Edison was 39 to 40 years old at the time.