Chatter Jazz

1959 studio album by Rex Stewart and Dicky Wells

Chatter Jazz

Studio album by

Rex Stewart and Dicky Wells

Released| 1959
Recorded| January 20, 21 & 22, 1959
Studio| Studio B, RCA Victor Studios, NYC
Genre| Jazz
Length| 30:26
Label| RCA Victor
LPM/LSP 2024
Producer| George T. Simon
Rex Stewart chronology
| Porgy & Bess Revisited
(1959)  | Chatter Jazz
(1959)  | The Happy Jazz of Rex Stewart
(1959)

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Dicky Wells chronology
| Bones for the King
(1958)  | Chatter Jazz
(1959)  | Trombone Four-in-Hand
(1959)

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Chatter Jazz subtitled The Talkative Horns of Rex Stewart and Dickie Wells, is an album by cornetist Rex Stewart and trombonist Dicky Wells which was recorded in 1959 and released on the RCA Victor label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

Ken Dryden of AllMusic states, "the two horn players exchange ideas through a series of "conversations" utilizing various mutes, never going for very long without giving time to the other. These friendly studio dates are somewhat low-key but consistently swinging; the only drawback is that the tracks are rather brief, with only two of the 12 songs exceeding three minutes".[2] The Rough Guide to Jazz said "Both Dicky Wells and Stewart were masters of sound as well as possessing rich senses of musical humor, and this is what this album is about. They converse amicably and spiritedly on suitable selections ... A few tracks at a time may be the best way".[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Little Sir Echo" (John Sylvester Fearis, Laura Rountree Smith) – 2:30
2. "Together" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) – 2:11
3. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:20
4. "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" (Maceo Pinkard, Roy Turk, Jack Smith) – 2:11
5. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (Irving King) – 3:04
6. "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 2:17
7. "Let's Do It" (Cole Porter) – 2:50
8. "I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)" (Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin) – 3:07
9. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:02
10. "Side by Side" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:40
11. "Ain't We Got Fun" (Richard A. Whiting, Raymond B. Egan, Gus Kahn) – 2:47
12. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) – 2:27

## Personnel

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* Rex Stewart – cornet
* Dickie Wells – trombone
* John Bunch – piano
* Leonard Gaskin – bass
* Charlie Masterpaolo – drums

## References

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1. ^ Discogs album entry. Retrieved July 6, 2017
2. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Chatter Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
3. ^ Fairweather, Digby (2004). The Rough Guiide to Jazz. London: Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 761. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio album|

* The Big Challenge (with Cootie Williams, 1957)
* Porgy & Bess Revisited (1958)
* Rendezvous with Rex (1958)
* Chatter Jazz (with Dicky Wells, 1959)
* The Happy Jazz of Rex Stewart (1960)

Live albums|

* Henderson Homecoming (with Fletcher Henderson, 1958)

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