Bennie Moten

Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s big bands. The jazz standard "Moten Swing" bears his name.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 13, 1894 (Kansas City), Died April 2, 1935 (Kansas City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, director, leader, piano, songwriter, arranger

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 106 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-57316	10-in.	10/24/1929	Sweetheart of yesterday	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62909	10-in.	10/27/1930	Won't you be my baby?	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62910	10-in.	10/28/1930	I wish I could be blue!	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62911	10-in.	10/28/1930	Oh! Eddie	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62912	10-in.	10/28/1930	That too, do	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62913	10-in.	10/28/1930	Mack's rhythm	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62914	10-in.	10/28/1930	You make me happy	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62915	10-in.	10/28/1930	Here comes Marjorie	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62916	10-in.	10/28/1930	The count	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-62921	10-in.	10/29/1930	Liza Lee	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-62922	10-in.	10/30/1930	Get goin' (Get ready to love)	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-62923	10-in.	10/30/1930	Professor Hot Stuff	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62924	10-in.	10/30/1930	When I'm alone	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62925	10-in.	10/30/1930	New Moten stomp	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62926	10-in.	10/30/1930	As long as I love you	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	BVE-62927	10-in.	10/31/1930	Somebody stole my gal	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-62928	10-in.	10/31/1930	Now that I need you	Count Basie ; Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter, director
Victor	BVE-62929	10-in.	10/31/1930	Bouncin' round	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-62930	10-in.	10/31/1930	Break a day schuffle	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano, composer, director
Victor	BRC-68900	10-in.	4/15/1931	I wanna be around my baby all the time	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-74846	10-in.	12/13/1932	Toby	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	BS-74847	10-in.	12/13/1932	Moten's swing	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Victor	BS-74848	10-in.	12/13/1932	Blue room	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	BS-74849	10-in.	12/13/1932	Imagination	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Victor	BS-74850	10-in.	12/13/1932	New Orleans	Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader

(Results 51-75 of 106 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Moten, Bennie," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104807.

Moten, Bennie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104807.

"Moten, Bennie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.