Rendezvous with Rex
1958 studio album by Rex Stewart
Rendezvous with Rex | ||||
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Studio album by Rex Stewart | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | January 28 & 31, 1958 | |||
Studio | NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:47 | |||
Label | Felsted FAJ.7001 | |||
Producer | Stanley Dance | |||
Rex Stewart chronology | ||||
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Rendezvous with Rex is an album by cornetist Rex Stewart which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Felsted label.[1]
Reception
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AllMusic | [2] |
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states: "This interesting and well-rounded LP has two separate sessions originally cut for the Felsted label. Cornetist Rex Stewart is fiery on the first date, jamming on a trio of his worthy but obscure originals ... The three numbers from the later date have moody arrangements ... Superior music that will hopefully resurface".[2] Digby Fairweather in the Rough Guide to Jazz wrote: "this is a fine session with Stewart's sometimes buzzy open-horn still in full control".[3]
Track listing
- "Tillies Twist" (Rex Stewart, George Edwin) – 4:39
- "Pretty Ditty" (Stewart, Dick Cary) – 6:26
- "Tell Me More" (Stewart, Edwin) – 8:28
- "Trade Winds" (Stewart, Cary) – 7:22
- "My Kind of Gal" (Stewart, Maurice Goodman) – 5:11
- "Blue Echo" (Stewart, Cary) – 7:41
Personnel
- Rex Stewart – cornet, vocals
- Dick Cary – trumpet, piano (tracks 2 & 4–6)
- George Stevenson – trombone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
- Garvin Bushell – clarinet, bassoon (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Hilton Jefferson – clarinet, alto saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Haywood Henry – clarinet, baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
- George Kelly – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
- Willie "The Lion" Smith – piano (tracks 1 & 3)
- Everett Barksdale – guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Joe Benjamin (tracks 2, 4 & 6), Leonard Gaskin (tracks 1, 3 & 5) – bass
- Mickey Sheen (tracks 2, 4 & 6), Arthur Trappier (tracks 1, 3 & 5) – drums
References
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Rex Stewart
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- The Big Challenge (with Cootie Williams, 1957)
- Porgy & Bess Revisited (1958)
- Rendezvous with Rex (1958)
- Chatter Jazz (with Dicky Wells, 1959)
- The Happy Jazz of Rex Stewart (1960)
- Henderson Homecoming (with Fletcher Henderson, 1958)