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.Gallagher, B. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweets Edison. Retrieved July 30, 2019Callahan, 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
Track listing "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:10 "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:31 "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:17 "Nice 'n' Easy" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence) – 2:38 "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 3:21 "Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got" (Duke Ellington) – 3:04 "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 4:16 "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) – 3:06 "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) – 2:59 "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) – 3:41 "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 2:48 "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
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