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Rex Stewart

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Born in:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America
Year of Birth:1907
Year of death:1967

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
As a boy he studied piano and violin; 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,... more

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