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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 101-106 of 106 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	9121	10-in.	May 1925	As I like it	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
OKeh	9122	Not documented	May 1925	[Unknown title(s)]	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
OKeh	9123	10-in.	May 1925	18th Street strut	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
OKeh	9124	10-in.	May 1925	Things seem so blue to me	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
OKeh	9125	10-in.	May 1925	Kater Street rag	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	DAL1070	10-in.	4/26/1940	South	Light Crust Doughboys	String band	composer

(Results 101-106 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.