Victor matrix BVE-42927. Tough breaks / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Tough breaks (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Stomp (Title descriptor) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Bennie Moten (composer) | |
| Harlan Leonard (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Kansas City Orchestra (Musical group) | |
| Bennie Moten (director) | |
| Leonard W. Joy (session supervisor) | |
| Leroy Berry (instrumentalist : banjo) | |
| Thamon Hayes (instrumentalist : trombone) | |
| Harlan Leonard (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Harlan Leonard (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Ed Lewis (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Willie McWashington (instrumentalist : drums) | |
| Vernon Page (instrumentalist : tuba) | |
| Woody Walder (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Woody Walder (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone) | |
| Booker T. Washington (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Jack Washington (instrumentalist : baritone saxophone) | |
| Jack Washington (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Bennie Moten (instrumentalist : piano) | |
Additional Information
- Description: Jazz/dance band
- Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
- Category: Instrumental
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session. |
| Source(s): Frog CD notes (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
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| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Victor V-38037 | |||
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| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | X LVA-3025 | |||
| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | RCA (France) PM 42410 | |||
| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | [1]1R | Master | Bluebird B-6638 | From dub made 10/12/1936 | ||
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| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Frog DGF 30 | |||
| 9/6/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 2 | Hold | ||||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-42927. Tough breaks / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017110/BVE-42927-Tough_breaks.
Victor matrix BVE-42927. Tough breaks / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017110/BVE-42927-Tough_breaks.
"Victor matrix BVE-42927. Tough breaks / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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