Simply Sweets

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Simply Sweets | type = Studio | artist = [[Harry Edison]] and [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | cover = Simply Sweets.jpg | released = 1978 | recorded = September 22, 1977 | studio = Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 45:31 | label = [[Pablo Records|Pablo]]<br><small>2310 806</small> | producer = [[Norman Granz]] | chronology = [[Harry Edison]] | prev_title = [[Edison's Lights]] | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = [[Just Friends (Zoot Sims and Harry Edison album)|Just Friends]] | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | type = Studio | prev_title = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77]] | prev_year = 1977 | title = Simply Sweets | year = 1978 | next_title = [[The Heavy Hitter]] | next_year = 1979 }} }}

'''''Simply Sweets''''' is an album by trumpeter [[Harry Edison]] with saxophonist [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]], recorded in 1977 and released by the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] label the following year.<ref>Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/pablo.pdf Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview] accessed May 27, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo-records/catalog-2310-800-series/#2310-806 Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-800 series]. Retrieved May 27, 2019</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/harry-sweet-edison-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography] accessed May 27, 2019</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=417}}</ref> }} The ''[[Bay State Banner]]'' wrote that "the bright comps and nifty solos of pianist Dolo Coker spice up the session, but the rhythm section work is very basic—sort of all let's wrap this up and pick up the union check-caliber."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wynn |first1=Ron |title=Improvisations |work=Bay State Banner |issue=44 |date=10 Aug 1978 |page=17}}</ref>

[[AllMusic]] reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis always made a potent pair. They both possessed immediately identifiable sounds, were veterans of Count Basie's Orchestra and never had any difficulty swinging. The repertoire of this Edison album is not too creative ... However, the playing of the principals holds one's interest throughout".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first= Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000119246 |title=Harry Edison: ''Edison's Lights'' – Review |accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing== All compositions by Harry Edison except where noted # "Dirty Butt Blues" – 6:36 # "[[Feelings (Morris Albert song)|Feelings]]" ([[Morris Albert]]) – 5:21 # "One for the Count" – 5:27 # "My Ideal" ([[Richard A. Whiting]], [[Leo Robin]], Newell Chase) – 5:42 # "Simply Sweets" – 4:24 # "Opus Funk" – 6:52 # "Lax" – 3:19 # "Miz Kitty's Blues" – 7:50

== Personnel == *[[Harry Edison]] – trumpet *[[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] – tenor saxophone *[[Dolo Coker]] – piano *Harvey Newmark – bass *[[Jimmie Smith (musician)|Jimmie Smith]] – drums

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:1978 collaborative albums]] [[Category:Harry Edison albums]] [[Category:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums]] [[Category:Pablo Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Norman Granz]]