This live concert from 1958 by what was billed as "the
Fletcher Henderson Alumni" and led by cornetist
Rex Stewart should have been an artistic success, particularly since a similar group the previous year had recorded a classic studio album. Unfortunately, much of the music is extremely ragged, sloppily played, and under-rehearsed. There are some fine players on this concert (none of whom are identified on the LP), but relatively few ever played with
Henderson. In addition, the repertoire (which only includes two
Henderson songs) is particularly odd, with an irrelevant three-song ballad medley, a blues for singer
Big Miller, and a forgettable side-long three-part "Georgia Sketches" co-written by
Dick Cary and
Stewart. The results are strange and rather disappointing, so it is not at all surprising that this music has never appeared on CD, and that there were no further "reunions."