Rex Stewart
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| Rex Stewart | |
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 Rex Stewart with Duke Ellington's orchestra (1943) |
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| Birth name | Rex William Stewart |
| Born | 22 February 1907 |
| Origin |  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 7 September 1967 |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | cornet |
| Associated acts | Duke Ellington |
Rex Stewart (22 February 1907 – 7 September 1967) was an American jazz cornetist best known for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra.
After stints with Elmer Snowden, Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and Luis Russell, Stewart joined the Ellington band in 1934. Ellington arranged many of his pieces to showcase Stewart's half-valve effects, muted sound, and forceful style.
Stewart co-wrote "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory" while with Ellington, and frequently supervised outside recording sessions by members of the Ellington band. After eleven years Stewart left to lead his own groups - " little swing bands, that were a perfect setting for his solo playing." [1] He also toured Europe and Australia with Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1947 to 1951. From the early 1950s on he worked in radio and television and published highly regarded jazz criticism. The book Jazz Masters of the Thirties [2] is a selection of his criticism.
[edit] References
- ^ Alyn Shipton, speaking on BBC Radio 3's Jazz Library, 29 February 2008,[1], on a programme devoted to Rex Stewart, in conversation with the trumpeter Guy Barker.
- ^ Stewart, Rex. Jazz Masters Of The 30s. Da Capo Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0306801594
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