Bennie Moten

Bennie Moten
Bennie Moten is today best-remembered as the leader of a band that partly became the nucelus of the original Count Basie Orchestra, but Moten deserves better. He was a fine ragtime-oriented pianist who led the top territory band of the 1920s, an orchestra that really set the standard for Kansas City jazz. In fact it was so dominant that Moten was able to swallow up some of his competitors' groups including Walter Page's Blue Devils, most of whom eventually became members of Moten's big band....
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Bennie Moten Benny Moten's Great Band of 1930
Benny Moten's Great Band of 1930 - Bennie Moten
By: Bennie Moten
Credited Role:Main Performer
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Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra Moten Stomp
Moten Stomp - Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra
By: Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Moten,Bennie & His Kansas City Orchestra Thick Lip Stomp, Harmony Blues, Kansas City Shuffle
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