Musical Bacon: Rex Stewart

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	vocal, cornet, trumpet	(A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship), Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, Admiration (matrix B17409), Admiration (matrix C883), After All, Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), All Too Soon, Are You Sticking?, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Azure, Bakiff, Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Bli-Blip, Blue Goose, Blue Serge, Bojangles, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Buffet Flat, Caravan, Carnival in Caroline, Chatter-Box (Jumpy), Chelsea Bridge, Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chocolate Shake, Clarinet Lament, Conga Brava, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Cotton Tail, Country Gal, Crescendo in Blue, Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Diminuendo in Blue, Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Dusk, Dusk on the Desert, Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1), Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Farewell Blues, Five O'Clock Whistle, Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Harlem Air Shaft, Harmony in Harlem, Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1), Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X), Hayfoot Strawfoot, Hip Chic, I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don't Mind, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, In a Mellotone, In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, It’s Swell of You, It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2), I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jack the Bear, Jazz Potpourri, John Hardy's Wife, Johnny Come Lately, Jump for Joy, Jumpin' Punkins, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Killin’ Myself, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lambeth Walk, Let’s Have a Jubilee, Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Love in Swingtime, Main Stem, Margie, Me and You, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Mood Indigo, Moon Mist, Moon Over Cuba, Morning Glory, My Little Brown Book, Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Old King Dooji, Old Plantation, Old Plantation (alternate take 2), Perdido, Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Pussy Willow, Pyramid, Pyramid (alternate take 2), Raincheck, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Rocks in My Bed, Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Rumpus in Richmond, Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Sentimental Lady, Sepia Panorama, Serenade to Sweden, Sherman Shuffle, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Smorgasbord and Schnapps, So Far, So Good, Solid Old Man, Solitude, Someone, Sophisticated Lady, Stepping Into Swing Society, Stormy Weather, Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), Take the "A" Train, The Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown), The Flaming Sword, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The Giddybug Gallop, The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You, The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed, The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2), The Sergeant Was Shy, The Sidewalks of New York, The Stevedore’s Serenade, There Shall Be No Night, There’s a Lull in My Life, There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2), Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, What Am I Here For?, What Good Would It Do?, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2), You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), You, You Darlin', Your Love Has Faded
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters	cornet	Demi-Tasse, Demi-Tasse (alternate take), Four and One Half Street, Four and One-Half Street (alternate take), Get It Southern Style, Get It Southern Style (alternate take), If You're Ever in My Arms Again, If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take), Jazz a la Carte, Jazz a la Carte (alternate take), Lament for a Lost Love, Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take), Moonlight Fiesta, Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take), Sponge Cake and Spinach, Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers	cornet	Lazy Man's Shuflle, Lazy Man's Shuflle (alternate take), Love in My Heart, Love in My Heart (alternate take), Rexatious, Rexatious (alternate take), Sugar Hill Shim Sham, Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take), Tea and Trumpets (78 take), Tea and Trumpets (CD take), Tea and Trumpets (LP take), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
Duke Ellington	vocal, cornet	Blue Serge, C Jam Blues, Clementine, Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, Five O'Clock Drag, I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, Main Stem, Perdido, Take the "A" Train, Warm Valley
Olavi Koskela	vocal, cornet	Amiga Stomp, Bei dir war es immer so schön, Blue Lou, Linden Blues, Muskrat Rumble, Old Woman Blues
Coleman Hawkins	cornet	Honeysuckle Rose, My Blue Heaven, Organ Grinder's Swing, Perdido, Sweethearts on Parade
Earl Hines	cornet	Ain't Misbehavin' (Alt Tk -1), Blues for You, Johnny, Blues for You, Johnny (Alt Tk -2), Save It, Pretty Mama, Stompy Jones
Edna Bentz Woods	cornet	Flamingo, Ko-Ko, Midriff, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
Dub Cutah	cornet	Indigo Echoes, Indigo Echoes (alternate take), Tough Truckin', Tough Truckin' (alternate take)
Feva Forever	cornet	Barney Goin' Easy, Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum), Just Another Dream, Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
Lionel Hampton	cornet	Memories of You, The Jumpin Jive, Twelfth Street Rag, Twelfth Street Rag (alternate take)
Jack Teagarden's Big Eight	cornet	Shine, St James Infirmary, The Big Eight Blues, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra	cornet	"Fat Stuff" Serenade, I'll Come Back for More, San Juan Hill
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	cornet	Drummer's Delight, If I Thought You Cared, If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
Vespertina	trumpet	Confessin', Night and Day
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra	cornet, trumpet	Jackass Blues, The Stampede
Lake People	cornet	The House of David Blues
Henri du Bailly	cornet	Subtle Slough
Earl Hines and His Orchestra	cornet	Ain't Misbehavin'
Django Reinhardt	cornet	Night and Day
Champ Kind	trumpet	Six or Seven Times
Rex Stewart Quintet	cornet	Confessin'
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers	cornet	Stompy Jones
Smelly Boggs	vocal	Run to the Corner