Victor matrix BVE-42932. When life seems so blue / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten
- Description: Jazz/dance band
- Instrumentation: Takes 1 and 2: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
Takes 3 and 4: 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps - Category: Instrumental
- Master Size: 10-in.
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| 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. |
| Victor ledgers, 9/7/1928: "With Bennie Moten directing and playing piano (L. Joy, ass't.)." |
| Source(s): Frog CD notes (personnel); Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
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| 9/7/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Destroy | ||||
| 9/7/1928 Camden, New Jersey | 2 | Destroy | ||||
| 7/18/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 3 | Hold | ||||
| 7/18/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 4 | Master | Victor V-38132 | |||
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| 7/18/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 4 | Master | X LVA-3038 | |||
| 7/18/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 4 | Master | Frog DGF 30 | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-42932. When life seems so blue / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed January 1, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017115/BVE-42932-When_life_seems_so_blue.
Victor matrix BVE-42932. When life seems so blue / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 1, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017115/BVE-42932-When_life_seems_so_blue.
"Victor matrix BVE-42932. When life seems so blue / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 1 January 2026.
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