Bennie Moten (November 13, 1894 – April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bennie Moten - 1923-1927
1 - Elephant's Wobble (Moten) - 3:09
2 - Crawdad Blues (Moten) - 2:51
3 - South (Hayes, Moten) - 2:46
4 - Vine Street Blues (Moten) - 3:02
5 - Tulsa Blues (Moten) - 2:51
6 - Goofy Dust (Moten) - 2:40
7 - Baby Dear (Hayes, Moten) - 2:54
8 - She's Sweeter Than Sugar (Hayes, Moten) - 2:33
9 - South Street Blues (Moten) - 2:45
10 - Sister Honky Tonk (Hayes, Moten) - 2:38
11 - As I Like It (Hayes, Moten) - 2:52
12 - Things Seem So Blue to Me (Hayes, Moten) - 3:12
13 - 18th Street Strut (Costello, Moten) - 3:00
14 - Kater Street Rag (Moten) - 2:34
15 - Thick Lip Stomp (Moten) - 2:51
16 - Harmony Blues (Moten) - 3:33
17 - Kansas City Shuffle (Moten) - 2:50
18 - Yazoo Blues (Moten) - 2:45
19 - White Lightnin' Blues (Moten) - 3:34
20 - Muscle Shoals Blues (Thomas) - 3:24
21 - Midnight Mama (Moten) - 2:59
22 - Missouri Wobble (Moten) - 3:08
23 - Sugar (Alexander, Mitchell, Pinkard) - 2:49
24 - Dear Heart (Dent) - 3:11
- Leroy Berry - Banjo
- Laforest Dent - Banjo, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
- Willie Hall - Drums
- Thamon Hayes - Trombone, Vocals
- Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
- Ed Lewis - Clarinet, Cornet
- Willie McWashington - Drums
- Bennie Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra - Performer
- Bennie Moten - Piano, Director
- Vernon Page - Tuba, Brass Band
- Sam Tall - Banjo
- Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Keyboards, Sax (Tenor), Effects
- Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Paul Webster - Clarinet, Cornet
- Lammar Wright, Sr. - Cello, Cornet
Bennie Moten - 1927-1929
1 - The New Tulsa Blues (Moten) - 3:03
2 - Baby Dear (Hayes, Moten) - 3:01
3 - Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) - 3:19
4 - Pass Out Lightly (There Ain't Nothin' to It) (Washington) - 3:05
5 - Ding-Dong Blues (Moten, Staton) - 3:05
6 - Moten Stomp (Hayes, Moten) - 2:56
7 - Justrite (Moten) - 2:40
8 - Slow Motion (Moten) - 2:36
9 - Tough Breaks (Leonard, Moten) - 2:51
10 - It's Hard to Laugh or Smile (Moten) - 2:41
11 - Sad Man Blues (Moten) - 3:17
12 - Kansas City Breakdown (Moten, Walder) - 2:53
13 - Trouble in Mind (Jones) - 3:06
14 - Hot Water Blues (Moten) - 2:30
15 - Get Low-Down Blues (Moten) - 2:56
16 - She's No Trouble (Sweetheart) (Hayes) - 3:19
17 - South (Moten, Washington) - 2:30
18 - Terrific Stomp (Moten, Washington) - 2:40
19 - Let's Get It (Moten) - 3:15
20 - Kansas City Squabble (Moten) - 2:50
21 - Rite Tite (Clemmons, Moten) - 2:50
22 - Moten's Blues (Moten) - 3:04
23 - That's What I'm Talking About (Moten, Walder) - 3:04
- Leroy Berry - Banjo
- Laforest Dent - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
- Thamon Hayes - Trombone, Vocals
- Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
- Ed Lewis - Cornet, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
- Willie McWashington - Drums
- Bennie Moten - Piano, Director, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
- Buster Moten - Piano, Piano-Accordian
- Vernon Page - Bowed Bass
- Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes
- James Taylor - Vocals
- Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Booker T. Washington - Cornet
- Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Paul Webster - Cornet
Bennie Moten - 1929-1930
01. That Certain Motion (3:05)
02. It Won't Be Long (2:50)
03. When Life Seems So Blue (2:53)
04. Loose Like A Goose (2:56)
05. Just Say It's Me (2:56)
06. New Goofy Dust Rag (2:41)
07. Rumba Negro (Spanish Stomp) (2:50)
08. The Jones Law Blues (3:09)
09. Band Box Shuffle (2:31)
10. Small Black (3:19)
11. Every Day Blues (Yo Yo Blues) (3:07)
12. Boot It (3:16)
13. Mary Lee (3:18)
14. Rit-Dit-Ray (2:49)
15. New Vine Street Blues (2:59)
16. Sweetheart Of Yesterday (2:41)
17. Won't You Be My Baby? (3:15)
18. I Wish I Could Be Blue (3:13)
19. Oh! Eddie (2:57)
20. That Too, Do (3:21)
21. Mack's Rhythm (3:03)
22. You Made Be Happy (3:23)
23. Here Comes Marjorie (2:55)
Bennie Moten - 1930-1932
1 - The Count (Gordon) - 3:102 - Liza Lee (Green, Stept) - 3:01
3 - Get Goin' (Get Ready to Love) (Rich, Seymour) - 3:00
4 - Professor Hot Stuff (Basie, Durham, Moten) - 3:21
5 - When I'm Alone (Moten, Rushing) - 3:15
6 - New Moten Stomp (Moten) - 2:52
7 - As Long as I Love You (Moten, Wood) - 3:07
8 - Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) - 3:02
9 - Now That I Need You (Basie, Moten, Smith) - 3:00
10 - Bouncin' Round (Moten) - 3:08
11 - Ya Got Love (Goodhart, Hoffman, Nelson) - 3:14
12 - I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time (Meyer, Young) - 2:55
13 - Toby (Barefield, Moten) - 3:24
14 - Moten Swing (Moten) - 3:18
15 - The Blue Room (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:18
16 - Imagination (Russell) - 3:25
17 - New Orleans (Carmichael) - 2:59
18 - The Only Girl I Ever Loved (Ziegler) - 3:10
19 - Milenberg Joys (Melrose, Morton) - 2:45
20 - Lafayette (Basie, Durham) - 2:45
21 - Prince of Wails (Schoebel) - 2:49
22 - Two Times (Saubert) - 3:07
- Count Basie - Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Leroy Berry - Banjo
- Eddie Durham - Guitar, Trombone, Arranger
- Thamon Hayes - Trombone
- Joe Keyes - Trumpet
- Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
- Ed Lewis - Trumpet
- Willie McWashington - Drums
- Dan Minor - Trombone
- Bennie Moten - Piano, Director
- Buster Moten - Piano
- Hot Lips Page - Trumpet
- Vernon Page - Bowed Bass
- Jimmy Rushing - Vocals, Performer
- Sterling Russell - Vocals
- Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes
- Dee Stewart - Trumpet
- Hamilton Stewart - Vocals
- Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Booker T. Washington - Trumpet
- Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Ben Webster - Sax (Tenor)
