Rendezvous with Rex
| Rendezvous with Rex | ||||
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| 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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| Source | Rating |
| 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Felsted Album Discography. Retrieved June 30, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Rendezvous with Rex – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ Fairweather, Digby (2004). The Rough Guiide to Jazz. London: Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 761. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.