Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love

Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love
Studio album by Harry "Sweets" Edison
Released	1964
Recorded	August 1964
Studio	Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:15
Label	Vee-Jay LPS-1104
Producer	Lee Young
Harry "Sweets" Edison chronology
"Sweets" for the Sweet (1964) Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love (1964) When Lights are Low (1966)

Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love is an album by jazz trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison with recorded in California in 1964 and released by the Vee-Jay label.[1][2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

1. "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:10
2. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:31
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:17
4. "Nice 'n' Easy" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence) – 2:38
5. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 3:21
6. "Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got" (Duke Ellington) – 3:04
7. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 4:16
8. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) – 3:06
9. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) – 2:59
10. "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) – 3:41
11. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 2:48
12. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 3:21

Personnel

• Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
• Orchestra conducted by Benny Carter featuring:
  • Gerald Wiggins – piano
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Joe Comfort – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Additional unidentified musicians – trombones, violins, harp and vocal group
• Benny Carter (tracks 6–8), Dick Hazard (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9–10 && 12), Warren Baker (tracks 3, 5 & 11) – arrangement

References

1. Gallagher, B. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweets Edison. Retrieved July 30, 2019
2. Callahan, M. & Edwards, D. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 2: Main Series VJS-1071 to VJS-1154 (1963–1965). Retrieved July 30, 2019
3. Harry "Sweets" Edison: Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2019.