Bennie Moten
Benjamin "Bennie" Moten (November 13, 1894 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He led the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s Big Bands. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born November 13th, 1894 (Kansas City), Died April 2nd, 1935 (Kansas City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1932
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, director, leader, piano, songwriter, arranger
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 103 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-37232 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Thick lip stomp | Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37233 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Harmony blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37234 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Kansas City shuffle | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37235 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Yazoo blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37236 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | White lightnin' blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37237 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Muscle Shoals blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-37238 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Midnight mama | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Victor | BVE-37239 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Missouri wobble | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38667 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Sugar | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38668 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Dear heart | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38669 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | The new Tulsa blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38670 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Baby dear | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38671 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | 12th Street rag | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38672 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Pass out lightly | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38673 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Ding-dong blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-38674 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Moten stomp | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer, director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42924 | 10-in. | 9/6/1928 | Justrite | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42925 | 10-in. | 9/6/1928 | It's hard to laugh or smile | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42926 | 10-in. | 9/6/1928 | Slow motion | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42927 | 10-in. | 9/6/1928 | Tough breaks | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42928 | 10-in. | 9/7/1928 | Sad man blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42929 | 10-in. | 9/7/1928 | Kansas City breakdown | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42930 | 10-in. | 9/7/1928 | Trouble in mind | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42931 | 10-in. | 9/7/1928 | Hot water blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BVE-42932 | 10-in. | 9/7/1928 | When life seems so blue | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | director, composer, instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Moten, Bennie," accessed March 1, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104807.
Moten, Bennie. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 1, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104807.
"Moten, Bennie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 1 March 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85031478
Wikidata: Bennie Moten - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q672295
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27252655/
MusicBrainz: Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935 - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d2a6a98-cddf-489a-80dc-b03b873368b8
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