Harry Edison

Harry Edison Trailers

Improvisation TrailerEverybody Rides the Carousel TrailerDig: A Journey Into Earth Trailer

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.

Most Popular Harry Edison Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

Improvisation Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

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.

False Vases Trailer (1929)

30 April 1929

When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.

Oceantics Trailer (1930)

06 February 1930

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins.

Jammin' the Blues Trailer (1944)

05 May 1944

In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session.

Everybody Rides the Carousel Trailer (1976)

10 September 1976

"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life.

Dig: A Journey Into Earth Trailer (1972)

08 April 1972

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.

Forty Winks Trailer (1930)

05 February 1930

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.

April Maze Trailer (1930)

14 September 1930

Felix goes on a picnic.