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Rex Stewart
Person · male · United States · Philadelphia · born 1907 · died 1967 · recording since 1948
American jazz cornetist (1907-1967)
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Also known as R. Stewart · Rex Stevard · Rex Stevart · Rex Steward · レックス・スチュワート
Timeline
16 events▣ Album 13◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1900s
1940s
· Debut release
Debut release: Main Stem / Stompy Jones
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
Biography
English biography384 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1356985964
Biography
Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
Career
As a boy Stewart studied piano and violin; however, most of his career was spent on cornet. Stewart dropped out of high school to become a member of the Ragtime Clowns led by Ollie Blackwell. He was with the Musical Spillers led by Willie Lewis in the early 1920s, then with Elmer Snowden, Horace Henderson, Fletcher Henderson, Fess Williams, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. In 1933, he led a big band at the Empire Ballroom in New York City. Beginning in 1934, he spent eleven years with the Duke Ellington orchestra. Stewart co-wrote "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory" and supervised recording sessions by members of the Ellington band. He left Ellington to lead "little swing bands that were a perfect setting for his solo playing." He toured in Europe and Australia with Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1947 to 1951.
Beginning in the early 1950s, he worked in radio and television and wrote jazz criticism for the Los Angeles Times and the magazines Playboy and DownBeat. The book Jazz Masters of the Thirties is a selection of his criticism. He lived in upstate New York after purchasing a one-hundred-year-old farmhouse. He hosted a jazz radio program in Troy, New York, and owned a small restaurant for a short time near a drag racing track in Vermont. While living in France, he attended the Le Cordon Bleu school of cooking and dedicated his life to becoming a fine cook. Stewart moved to Los Angeles, California, to be near his children. His son, Paul Albert Hardy, lived in New York City. While in Los Angeles, he reunited with musicians from the Ellington band and played jam sessions in clubs. He was a studio musician for The Steve Allen Show, and with George Cole he hosted two radio shows: Dixieland Doings and Things Ain't What They Used to Be.
He died of a brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles, on September 7, 1967, aged 60. His autobiography, Boy Meets Horn, was published in 1991.
Film and television
Stewart made a cameo appearance in the film Rendezvous in July (1950) directed by Jacques Becker. He also appeared in Hellzapoppin' (1941) and The Sound of Jazz (1957) telecast.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 43 | 93.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (43 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
1953 · studio album
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A1ShineA2St. James InfirmaryA3The Big Eight BluesA4The World Is Waiting for the SunriseB1Bugle Call RagB2Solid RockB3CherryB4Diga Diga DoFletcher Henderson and His Connie’s Inn Orchestra
1954 · studio album
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A1St. Louis ShuffleA2Variety StompA3My Sweet Tooth Sayd I WannaA4Roll on Mississippi Roll OnB1Singin’ the BluesB2Oh, It Looks Like RainB3StrangersB4Sugar Foot StompRex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington
1955 · studio album
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A1Boy Meets HornA2Take the "A" TrainA3In My SolitudeA4Don't Get Around Much AnymoreA5Mood IndigoA6I Let a Song Go Out of My HeartB1Ghost of a ChanceB2Jumpin' at the WoodsideB3Robbins NestB4Memories of YouB5Diggin' the CountB6She's Funny That Way1956 · studio album
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A1Boy Meets HornA2Take the "A" TrainA3SolitudeA4Don't Get Around Much AnymoreA5Mood IndigoA6I Let a Song Out of My HeartB1I Found a New BabyB2Seven Come ElevenB3On the AlamoB4Soft WindsB5Poor ButterflyB6Avalon1957 · studio album
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A1I'm Beginning to See the LightA2Do Nothing Till You Hear From MeA3Alphone and GastonB1I Got a Right to Sing the BluesB2Walkin' My Baby Back HomeB3When Your Lover Has GoneB4I Knew You When1958 · studio album
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1A1 It Ain't Necessarily So3:592A2 Bess, You Is My Woman4:323A3 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'2:214A4 My Man's Gone Now3:115A5 There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York3:256B1 Summertime4:037B2 A Red-Headed Woman3:048B3 Oh Bess, Where's My Bess3:289B4 A Woman Is A Sometime Thing3:5110B5 Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way3:591960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:11
A1Red Ribbon3:04A2If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)2:52A3Rasputin7:30A4Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone3:28A5Four or Five Time2:48B1San3:23B2You Can Depend on Me3:48B3I Would Do Most Anything for You4:00B4Tell Me3:40B5Nagasaki2:381966 · studio album
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A1Blues For ZiziA2Happy Go Lucky LocalA3Love Do IA4St. Louis BluesA5Sour-Mash StrutB1Headshrinker BluesB2Conversation PieceB3Danse IntrigueB4Strike Up The Band1970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:06
A1Honeysuckle Rose7:32A2Round About Midnight4:28A3Sugar Foot Stomp4:16A4The Way She Walks4:18A5Casey Stew4:50B1Three Thieves4:35B2Wrappin' It Up6:42B3A Hundred Years From Today4:15B4King Porter Stomp7:101981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 37:31
A1Cotton Tail3:41A2The Man I Love4:25A3Sweet Georgia Brown3:46A4I Cover the Waterfront3:25A5Jug Blues3:06B1Mobile Bay3:55B2I Can't Get Started3:56B3At the Barclay's Club2:47B4Vernon's Story2:30B5Stardust2:57B6Swamp Mist3:031986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks
A1Tillies TwistA2Pretty DittyA3Tell Me MoreB1Trade WindsB2My Kind of GalB3Blue Echo1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:11:09
1That Glory Day2:572Bread an' Gravy3:083O Sole Mio2:434Shake the Blues Away2:575That's a Gasser2:596Georgia Gal3:017Mr Boogie Man2:548Where Can I Find a Cherry?2:569Three Horn Parlay2:4410Dreamer's Blues2:5911Big Chief Pawnee2:4912Shady Side of the Street3:1313Red Ribbon3:0814If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)2:5515Rasputin6:5416Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone3:3117Four or Five Times2:4918You Can Depend on Me3:4619San2:2820I Would Do Most Anything for You3:5521Tell Me3:4522Nagasaki2:381998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:45
1High Society3:342Relaxation Blues8:433Jazz Me Blues3:384Yellow Dog Blues7:095Ja-Da6:216Weary Blues4:357Late Date5:538South Rampart Street Parade2:52The Golden Era of Dixieland Jazz
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:23
1High Society3:312Yellow Dog Blues7:013South Rampart Street2:534Ja Da5:185Jazz Me Blues3:356Blues2:457Weary Blues4:298Marty's Blues5:51— · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:25:28
Disc 11The Little Goose3:522I'm True To You3:453Zaza4:034Swamp Mist4:405Tain't Like That2:596Dutch Treat3:007Pawnee2:448Three-Horn Parlay2:409Dreamer's Blues2:5510Shady Side Of The Street3:1011Boy Meets Horn3:0212Jug Blues2:5113B. O. Blues2:4614That's Rhythm2:4815Rexercise2:55Disc 21Lust for Licks (Exactly Like You)2:242Just Like a Butterfly (Caught in the Rain)3:003B.H. Boogie (Trumpet interlude)2:33412th Street Rag3:025Broadway Holdover2:286Bass Pandemonium2:567Everywhere3:078Beefsteak Charlie2:279Rose of the Rio Grande3:0710You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me3:4611Hubba Hubba Hub4:1112Stompin' at the Savoy4:17
Single · 6
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Main Stem / Stompy JonesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Main Stem 2Stompy Jones | 1948 | ||
| 1948 | Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Black and BlueSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Things Ain't What They Used to Be 2Black and Blue | 1948 | ||
| 1949 | September in the Rain / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That SwingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1September in the Rain 2It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing | 1949 | ||
| 1959 | Little Sir Echo / Let's Do ItSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksALittle Sir Echo BLet's Do It | 1959 | ||
| — | Take the "A" Train / Don't Get Around Much AnymoreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksATake the "A" Train BDon't Get Around Much Anymore | — | ||
| — | St. Louis BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:05ASt. Louis Blues3:05 BSour Mash Strut3:00 | — |
EP · 8
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Rex Stewart and His Dixieland Jazz BandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Wolverine Blues A2South Rampart Street Parade B1High Society B2Tha's a Plenty | 1956 | ||
| 1957 | Tea and TrumpetsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Tea and Trumpets A2The Back Room Romp B1Delta Mood B2The Boys From Harlem | 1957 | ||
| 1959 | Jazz StarsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Caravana A2Sweethearts on Parade B1My Blue Heaven B2Organ Grinder's Swing | 1959 | ||
| 1960 | Quiero Ser FelizSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Quiero ser feliz A2Tres palabritas B1Blues in the Night B2Am I Blue? | 1960 | ||
| 1962 | Without A SongSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Without a Song A2My Sunday Girl B1Linger Awhile B2Mobile Bay | 1962 | ||
| 1965 | The Golden Era of Dixieland Jazz, Vol. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1High Society A2South Rampart Street Parade B1Jazz Me Blues B2Weary Blues | 1965 | ||
| — | Jazz EncounterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1At the Jazz Band Ball A2I'm Comin' Virginia B1Milenburg Joys B2Surrender Blues | — | ||
| — | Plays Duke EllingtonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Take the "A" Train A2In My Solitude B1Boy Meets Horn B2Mood Indigo | — |
Album · 14
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hot Lips Page 1951 / Rex Stewart 1947Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracksA1Theme A2Cavalcade A3Cadillac Song A4Home Boy A5Bottoms Up A6Confessin' B1Too Bad, Dad B2Echoes of Harlem B3Waitin' for the Train to Come In B4Boys Meets Horn B5Run to the Corner B6Basin Street Blues B7Mood Indigo | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1990 | Rex Stewart and the EllingtoniansSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 34:311Solid Rock3:56 2Bugle Call Rag4:20 3Cherry4:24 4Diga Diga Doo4:16 5Flim Flam2:38 6Blues Kicked the Bucket3:01 7Madeline2:50 8Loopin' Lobo2:54 9A Woman's Got a Right to Change Her Mind3:13 10Departure From Dixie2:59 | Compilation | 29 June 1990 | |
| 1996 | Rexatious: His Greatest Recordings 1926-1941Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:15:241Jackass Blues2:55 2Old Black Joe's Blues2:27 3Rocky Road3:02 4Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?3:01 5Stingaree3:05 6Baby, Ain't You Satisfied3:03 7Rexatious2:47 8Lazy Man's Shuffle3:00 9The Back Room Romp2:49 10Tea and Trumpets2:32 11Montmartre2:25 12Low Cotton3:02 13Finesse (Night Wind)2:21 14I Know That You Know2:33 15Solid Old Man3:05 16Bugle Call Rag4:22 17Diga Diga Doo4:18 18Mobile Bay3:08 19Subtle Slough3:19 20Showboat Shuffle3:06 21Kissin' My Baby Goodnight3:22 22Trumpet in Spades3:14 23Morning Glory3:19 24Boy Meets Horn5:09 | Compilation | 18 June 1996 | |
| 1997 | The Chronological Classics: Rex Stewart 1934-1946Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:11:411Stingaree3:05 2Baby, Ain't You Satisfied3:02 3Cherry4:22 4Solid Rock4:19 5Bugle Call Rag4:18 6Diga Diga Doo4:15 7The Little Goose3:48 8I'm True to You3:42 9Zaza3:59 10Swamp Mist4:35 11Tain't Like That3:03 12Dutch Treat3:00 13Rexercise2:54 14Pawnee2:48 15Three-Horn Parlay2:44 16Dreamer's Blues2:59 17Shady Side of the Street3:14 18Boy Meets Horn3:02 19Jug Blues2:53 20B.O. Blues2:48 21That's Rhythm2:51 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1998 | The Chronological Classics: Rex Stewart 1946-1947Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:10:341Loopin' Lobo2:48 2Blues Kicked the Bucket2:53 3Madeleine2:45 4Flim Flam2:33 5I May Be Wrong, Part 13:40 6I May Be Wrong, Part 22:47 7Waitin' for the Train to Come In2:28 8Boy Meets Horn3:02 9Run to the Corner2:36 10Basin Street Blues3:15 11Mobile Bay4:22 12I Can't Get Started3:56 13I Cover the Waterfront3:56 14Cotton Tail4:29 15The Man I Love4:21 16Sweet Georgia Brown4:01 17Be-Bop Boogie2:50 18Feeling Fine2:56 19Boy Meets Horn3:01 20Just Squeeze Me2:30 21Don't Get Around Much Anymore2:52 22Blue Jay2:33 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1998 | Jazz Greats, Volume 63: Rex Stewart: Braggin' in BrassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:01:051Sugar Foot Stomp3:06 2Singin' the Blues3:19 3Stingaree3:01 4Baby Ain't You Satisfied2:59 5Trumpet in Spades (Rex's Concerto)3:09 6Rexatious2:47 7Sugar Hill Shim Sham2:38 8Tea and Trumpets2:34 9Braggin' in Brass2:44 10Fat Stuff Serenade2:39 11Morning Glory3:21 12Cherry4:14 13Diga Diga Doo4:07 14Ain't Misbehavin'2:55 15Save it Pretty Mama2:55 16Stompy Jones2:50 17Main Stem2:50 18Rexercise3:03 19Someday Sweetheart2:46 20Sweet Lorraine3:08 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1999 | The Chronological Classics: Rex Stewart 1947-1948Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:03:281I Cried for You2:52 2Stompin' at the Savoy2:55 3Madeleine2:47 4Muskrat Ramble2:16 5Storyville2:41 6Cherokee2:44 7Run to the Corner2:29 8Georgia on My Mind2:49 9Let's Try It2:30 10I Didn't Know About You2:47 11I'm the Luckiest Fool3:12 12At the Barclay's Club2:47 13Jug Blues3:06 14Night and Day2:53 15Confessin'2:55 16Stardust2:56 17Vernon's Story2:28 18Never Let It Be Said2:40 19Swamp Mist3:02 20Goof' in Off2:46 21All on Account of You2:39 22Sacknasty2:10 23Last Blues3:04 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2001 | The Chronological Classics: Rex Stewart 1948-1949Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:00:571Vernon's Story2:29 2Jug Blues2:41 3Blue Jay2:13 4Fine and Dandy2:07 5Blue Lou2:49 6Muskrat Ramble3:12 7Air Lift Stomp3:18 8Bei dir war es immer so schön2:42 9Linden Blues3:29 10Old Woman Blues2:30 11Morning Glory2:48 12Without a Song2:47 13Main Stem2:37 14Weary Weird2:32 15Stompy Jones2:40 16Things Ain't What They Used to Be2:40 17Quand vous saurez2:40 18Foolish Boy2:37 19Truckin' Down the Sinclair Trail3:04 20Bootsie Wootsie2:50 21Fable of a Fool3:48 22Blue Bundles2:24 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Things Ain't What They Used to BeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 48:451Things Ain't What They Used to Be3:37 2Squaty Roo2:22 3Passion Flower3:06 4That's the Blues Old Man2:55 5Good Queen Bess3:00 6Day Dream2:57 7Junior Hop3:06 8Going Out the Back Way2:40 9Linger Awhile3:24 10Mobile Bay (Blues)3:05 11Some Saturday2:57 12Poor Bubber3:16 13My Sunday Gal3:08 14Menelik (The Lion of Judah)3:14 15Without a Song2:44 16Subtle Slough (Just Squeeze Me but Don't Tease Me)3:14 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Take It EasySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:12:151Boy Meets Horn3:04 2Linger Awhile3:26 3Subtle Slought3:17 4Take It Easy3:06 5The Stampede3:16 6Singing the Blues3:18 7Primitive3:15 8Tough Truckin’3:08 9Kissin’ My Goodnight3:21 10Braggin’ in Brass2:45 11San Juan Hil2:39 12Finesse2:21 13Tootin’ Throught the Roof2:58 14Mornig Glory3:18 15Dusk3:21 16Emancipation Celebration2:24 17In a Mellotone2:58 18Swamp Mist4:37 19Jug Blues2:54 20Mobile Bay4:04 21Be Bop Boogie2:54 22Confessin’2:58 23Night and Day2:53 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2003 | The Chronological Classics: Rex Stewart 1949Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 58:151On the Sunny Side of the Street2:57 2Indiana2:30 3Oh! Lady Be Good2:44 4Caribbean Cradle Song2:48 5Boog It Jack2:33 6Sydney Sobs2:47 7Stompy Jones2:14 8Five O'Clock Mood2:21 9Three Little Words2:46 10Body and Soul2:24 11Shake It and Break It1:48 12Body and Soul3:52 13The Beefeater2:31 14Bugle Call Blues1:44 15Summertime2:32 16Mobile Bay3:54 17Old Grey Bonnet2:25 18I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues3:11 19Some of These Days2:09 20Sweet Lorraine3:11 21Indiana2:28 22Jazz Me Blues2:26 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2004 | Baden 1966 and Montreux 1971Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:191Blues for Zizi3:55 2Happy Go Lucky Local4:05 3Love Do I3:49 4St. Louis Blues3:11 5Sour-Mash Strut3:04 6Headshrinker Blues4:46 7Danse Intrigue2:37 8Strike Up the Band5:37 9Conversation Piece4:08 10Medley Ain't Misbehavin'/ Yacht Club Swing/ Honeysuckle Rose9:18 11Medley Blue Turning Grey Over You/ My Fate Is in Your Hands/ Viper's Drag/ I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling8:45 12Medley Piccadilly/ I've Got My Fingers Crossed/ Zonky8:04 | Compilation,Live | 2004 | |
| 2005 | Best of Rex StewartSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:02:061Poor Bubber3:24 2Rocky Road3:00 3Singin' the Blues: Till My Daddy Comes Home: Till My Daddy Comes Home3:08 4In a Sentimental Mood3:22 5Trumpet in Spades3:15 6Boy Meets Horn3:05 7Swing Baby Swing2:38 8Without a Song2:51 9The Stampede3:22 10John Hardy's Wife3:32 11Sugar Hill Shim Sham2:41 12Subtle Slough3:21 13Tea and Trumpets2:37 14I Know That You Know2:36 15Solid Old Man3:08 16Kissin' My Baby Good-Night3:24 17My Gal Sal (They Called Her Frivolous Sal)3:32 18Ain't Misbehavin'2:54 19Showboat Shuffle3:07 20Mobile Bay3:09 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2018 | Rex Stewart: Duke Ellington’s Greatest Small Groups (1936–1941)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:12:461Rexatious2:44 2Lazy Man’s Shuffle2:56 3Back Room Romp2:48 4Love in My Heart2:33 5Sugar Hill Shim Sham2:36 6Tea and Trumpets2:31 7San Juan Hill2:39 8I’ll Come Back for More2:52 9“Fat Stuff” Serenade2:39 10Without a Song2:46 11My Sunday Gal3:09 12Mobile Bay3:07 13Linger Awhile3:29 14Some Saturday3:00 15Subtle Slough (Just Squeeze Me)3:15 16Menelik (The Lion of Judah)3:17 17Poor Bubber3:19 18Cherry4:22 19Solid Rock4:14 20Bugle Call Rag4:17 21Diga Diga Doo4:13 22Stingaree3:01 23Baby, Ain’t You Satisfied?2:59 | Compilation | 19 May 2018 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rex Stewart head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 43 | 93.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Greer & His Rextet(band) | — | present | |
| Rex Stewart Quintet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Duke Ellington and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Rex Stewart's Hot Club Berlin Session(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Rex Stewart Quartet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Rex Stewart & His Sextet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Choo Choo Jazzers(band) | — | present | |
| Eddie Condon and His Boys(band) | — | present | cornet |
| Rex Stewart and the Ellington Alumni All Stars(band) | — | present | cornet |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1892127b-90d1-4fa6-b685-3fd68c247a9adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1892127b-90d1-4fa6-b685-3fd68c247a9acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765531genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765531seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stewartbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q765531 · MusicBrainz: 1892127b-90d1-4fa6-b685-3fd68c247a9a
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