Victor matrix BVE-57314. Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, banjo, piano, accordion, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • 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.
Test pressing in Michael Brooks collection at UCSB.
Source(s): Hep CD notes (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 1 Destroy
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master Victor 23342 10-in.
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master Victor [BVE-57314] 10-in. Test pressing.

Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-57314] - Take 2 - 10/24/1929
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master IAJRC IAJRC-1 LP
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master Hep (England) 1070 Compact disc
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 3 Hold Victor [BVE-57314] 10-in. Test pressing.

Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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Pitch Reset
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Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-57314] - Take 3 - 10/24/1929
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
10/24/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 3 Hold Hep (England) 1070 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-57314. Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800028197/BVE-57314-Rit-dit-ray.

Victor matrix BVE-57314. Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800028197/BVE-57314-Rit-dit-ray.

"Victor matrix BVE-57314. Rit-dit-ray / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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