Rex Stewart
Wikimp3 information about the music of Rex Stewart. On our website we have 34 albums and 44 collections of artist Rex Stewart. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist. We also know that Rex Stewart represents Jazz genres.
Biography
[Edit]Rex Stewart achieved his greatest glory in a subsidiary role, playing cornet 11 years in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His famous "talking" style and half-valve effects were exploited brilliantly by countless Ellington pieces containing perfect passages tailored to showcase Stewart's sound. He played in a forceful, gripping manner that reflected the influences of Louis Armstrong, Bubber Miley, and Bix Beiderbecke, whose solos he once reproduced on record. Stewart played on Potomac riverboats before moving to Philadelphia. He went to New York in 1921. Stewart worked with Elmer Snowden in 1925, then joined Fletcher Henderson a year later. But he felt his talents were not at the necessary level, and departed Henderson's band, joining his brother Horace's band at Wilberforce College. Stewart returned in 1928. He remained five years and contributed many memorable solos. There was also a brief period in McKinney's Cotton Pickers in 1931, a stint heading his own band, and another short stay with Luis Russell before Stewart joined the Ellington Orchestra in 1934.
He was a star throughout his tenure, co-writing classics "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory." He also supervised many outside recording sessions using Ellingtonians. After leaving, Stewart led various combos and performed throughout Europe and Australia on an extensive Jazz at the Philharmonic tour from 1947-1951. He lectured at the Paris Conservatory in 1948. Stewart settled in New Jersey to run a farm in the early '50s. He was semi-retired, but found new success in the media. He worked in local radio and television, while leading a band part-time in Boston. Stewart led the Fletcher Henderson reunion band in 1957 and 1958, and recorded with them. He played at Eddie Condon's club in 1958 and 1959, then moved to the West Coast. Stewart again worked as a disc jockey and became a critic. While he published many excellent pieces, a collection containing many of his best reviews, Jazz Masters of the Thirties, came out posthumously. There's also a Stewart autobiography available.
Title: Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Doxy Collection; Remastered Version)
Artist: Rex Stewart
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chatter Jazz: The Talkative Horns of Rex Stewart and Dickie Wells (Stereo)
Artist: Rex Stewart, Dicky Wells
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rex Stewart: Trumpet In Spades - His 48 Finest 1930-1959 (CD1)
Artist: Rex Stewart
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rex Stewart: Trumpet In Spades - His 48 Finest 1930-1959 (CD2)
Artist: Rex Stewart
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pretty Ditty (feat. Cootie Williams, Dick Cary & Dickie Wells)
Artist: Rex Stewart
Genre: Jazz
Title: Legend Series Presents Golden Greats - Rex Stewart and His Sextet
Artist: Rex Stewart, His Sextet
Genre:
Title: The Great Ellington Units (Remastered)
Artist: Johnny Hodges, The Barney Bigard, Rex Stewart
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Hot Trumpets
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gimme That Old Fashion Jazz Ballad
Genre: Jazz
Title: Winter Kisses - Jazz for Young Lovers (Extended Version)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Hollywood Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs for Thanksgiving
Genre:
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Historic Jazz Recordings, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roots Of Jazz Scat Vocals (Digitally Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gimme That Swing!
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits of Blues and Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vintage Jazz Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Django Reinhardt & His American Friends Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Harlem Shuffles from the 40s
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gangsters, Guns, & Molls! Jazz of the 1940's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Musik Der Stunde Null
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Django Reinhardt & his American Friends, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Trumpet
Title: 100 Jazz Grand Reserve
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Ellington Connection
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of Jazz Piano and Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Icons
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz in 1958 - The Year of the First Hot 100
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete Felsted Mainstream Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vocal Jazz 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz in Sweden
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues for You, Volume Four
Genre: Blues
Title: Les cabarets de Montmartre
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: You Showed Me the Way
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete HRS Sessions (CD5)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete HRS Sessions (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues, Boogie, & Bop - The 1940s Mercury Sessions (CD6)
Genre: Blues
Title: Swing Time - The Heyday Of Jazz, Volume 100
Genre: Jazz
Title: France: From Paris To Provence (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Cool (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, World Music, Latin, Folk
Title: Easy Listening: 100 Popular Jazzing (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kings Of Swing Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Overdrive - The Sound Of Summer
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Taste Of 1940
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
