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title: "Rex Stewart | American Jazz Museum"
description: "Rex Stewart (1907–1967). Cornetist with Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington, known for his half-valve technique and, later, for writing about the musicians he came up with."
canonical: https://americanjazzmuseum.org/artist-spotlights/artists/rex-stewart/
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Artist Spotlights

# Rex Stewart

1907–1967. Cornetist with Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington, known for his half-valve technique and, later, for writing about the musicians he came up with.

## Mentioned in

*   [Artist Spotlight: Jelly Roll Morton](/artist-spotlights/jelly-roll-morton-ambassador/) — October 27, 2026  
    Jelly Roll Morton did not invent jazz, whatever he claimed — but he may have been one of its first true ambassadors, carrying original music across the country years before the first jazz record. Hear his Red Hot Peppers play “Original Jelly-Roll Blues.”

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