Victor matrix BVE-62916. The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten
Additional Information
- Description: Jazz/dance band
- Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, banjo, guitar, 2 pianos, accordion, and traps
- Category: Instrumental
- Master Size: 10-in.
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| Victor ledgers: "Mr. Peer, present." |
| 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; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
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| 10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall | 1 | Master | Victor 23391 | |||
| 10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall | 1 | Master | Victor [BVE-62916] | Test pressing. | ||
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| 10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall | [1]1R | Master | Bluebird B-6719 | From dub BS-03617, made 12/14/1936. | ||
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| 10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall | 1 | Master | Hep (England) 1071 | |||
| 10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall | 2 | Hold | Victor [BVE-62916] | Test pressing. | ||
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Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-62916. The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032375/BVE-62916-The_count.
Victor matrix BVE-62916. The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032375/BVE-62916-The_count.
"Victor matrix BVE-62916. The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.
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