Rex Stewart
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Biography
Rex William Stewart Jr., born on February 22, 1907, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz cornetist. He began his career playing piano and violin before focusing on the cornet. Stewart started professionally with the Ragtime Clowns led by Ollie Blackwell and later played with bands including those led by Willie Lewis, Elmer Snowden, Horace Henderson, Fletcher Henderson, Fess Williams, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. In 1934, he joined Duke Ellingtonâs orchestra, co-writing songs like "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory". Stewart left Ellington in 1945 to lead smaller swing bands and toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1947 to 1951. He worked in radio and television in the early 1950s, contributing jazz criticism for publications like Playboy and DownBeat. Stewart died of a brain hemorrhage on September 7, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.
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- Jammin' the Blues featuring Henry Red Allen
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore featuring Henry Red Allen
- Sometimes I'm Happy featuring Henry Red Allen
- Solid Old Man by Rex Stewart's Feetwarmers
- Time on My Hands featuring Bobby Hackett
- Za-Za featuring Bobby Hackett
- Wrapping It Up
- Back Home Again in Indiana featuring Henry Red Allen
- Willow Weep For Me
- Eddie Condon Chats with George Frazier featuring Bobby Hackett
- Dutch Treat
- How High the Moon featuring Henry Red Allen
- Monmartre by Rex Stewart
- The Sheik of Araby featuring Bobby Hackett
- D Natural Blues
- Lazy Man's Shuffle, Pt. 2
- I've Got Rhythm featuring Henry Red Allen
- Lazy Man's Shuffle, Pt. 1
- These Foolish Things
- Back Room Romp, Pt. 2
- Rocky Road by McKinney's Cotton Pickers
- I Must Have That Man featuring Bobby Hackett
- Back Room Romp, Pt. 1
- Hello Little Girl
