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.
Notes
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 PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 1 Master Victor 23391 10-in.
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 1 Master Victor [BVE-62916] 10-in. Test pressing.

The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-62916] - Take 1 - 10/28/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall [1]1R Master Bluebird B-6719 10-in. From dub BS-03617, made 12/14/1936.

The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Bluebird B-6719 - Take [1]1R - 10/28/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1936 Sony Music Entertainment.

The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Bluebird B-6719 - Take [1]1R - 10/28/1930
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
℗ © 1936 Sony Music Entertainment.
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 1 Master Hep (England) 1071 Compact disc
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 2 Hold Victor [BVE-62916] 10-in. Test pressing.

The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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The count / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-62916] - Take 2 - 10/28/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.

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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