Boxset / Compilation · 1998
Tracklist
REX STEWART'S BIG FOUR: New York, late 1946.
1. Loopin' Lobo (Rex Stewart) - 2:48
2. Blues Kicked the Bucket (Rex Stewart) - 2:53
3. Madeleine (Rex Stewart) - 2:45
4. Flim Flam (Rex Stewart) - 2:33
REX STEWART QUARTET: New York, August 1947.
5. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful), Pt. 1 (Harry Ruskin / Henry Sullivan) - 3:40
6. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful), Pt. 2 (Harry Ruskin / Henry Sullivan) - 2:47
REX STEWARTS ORKESTER: Stockholm. November 25. 1947.
7. Waitin' for the Train to Come In (Rex Stewart) - 2:28
8. Boy Meets Horn (Duke Ellington / Rex Stewart) - 3:02
9. Run to the Corner (Rex Stewart) - 2:36
10. Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) - 3:15
REX STEWART AT THE SALLE PLEYEL: Paris, December 5, 1947.
11. Mobile Bay (Duke Ellington / Rex Stewart) - 4:22
12. I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin) - 3:56
13. I Cover the Waterfront (Johnny Green / Edward Heyman) - 3:56
14. Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington) - 4:29
15. The Man I Love (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) -4:21
16. Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie / Kenneth Casey / Maceo Pinkard) -4:01
REX STEWART AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Paris, December 8, 1947.
17. Be Bop Boogie (Benny Carter) -2:50
18. Feeling Fine (Rex Stewart) -2:56
19. Boy Meets Horn (Duke Ellington / Rex Stewart) -3:01
20. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines) -2:30
21. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington / Bob Russell) -2:52
REX STEWART'S BIG EIGHT: Los Angeles, January 26, 1945.
22. Blue Jay (Greene / Rex Stewart) -2:33
Total Time: 70:34
Line-up/Musicians
1-4: REX STEWART'S BIG FOUR: Rex Stewart-cnt/Billy Kyle-p/John Levy-b/Cozy Cole-d.
5-6: REX STEWART QUARTET: Rex Stewart-cnt/|immy |ones-p/|ohn Levy-b/Frank Bode (Uffe Baagh)-d.
7-10 REX STEWARTS ORKESTER: Rex Stewart-cnt-v/Sandy Williams-tb/|ohn Harris-cl-as/Vernon Story-ts/Don Gais-p/Simon Brehm-b/Ted Curiy-d/Honey ]ohnson-v.
11-16: REX STEWART AT THE SALLE PLEYEL: Rex Stewart-cnt/Sandy Williams-tb/|ohn Harris-d-as/Vernon Story-ts/Don Gais-p/Fred Ermelin-b/Ted Curry-d.
17-21: REX STEWART AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Rex Stewart-cnt/Sandy Wllliams-tb/John Harris-d-as/Vernon Story-ts/Don Gais-p/Fred Ermelin-b/Ted Curry-dm.
22: REX STEWART'S BIG EIGHT: Rex Stewart-cnt/Lawrence Brown-tb/AI Sears-ts/Harry Carney-bar/Eddie Heywood-p/Ulysses Livingston-g/junior Raglin-b/Keg Pumell-d/Joya Sherrill-v.
About this release
Classic Records, The Chronological Serie - 1016 (France)
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