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Bennie Moten
p, 1894-1935 US, Kansas City, Missouri
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Benjamin Moten
Bennie Moten (November 13, 1894 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri.He led the 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.Moten died at Kansas City's Wheatley-Provident Hospital on April 2, 1935 following a failed tonsillectomy operation. Basie, subsequently, took many of the leading musicians from the band to form his own orchestra.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Moten (Vol. 2) | Bennie Moten | 2016 | Compil. |
| The Bennie Moten Collection 1923-32 | Bennie Moten | 2016 | Compil. |
| In Chronology - 1923-1927 | Bennie Moten | 2009 | Album |
| 1929-1932 · Band Box Shuffle | Bennie Moten, Bennie Moten And His Orchestra | 2000 | Compil. |
| Masters Of Swing | Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Glenn Miller | 1995 | Compil. |
| Bennie Moten | Bennie Moten | 1992 | Compil. |
| Vol. 1: 1926 / 1929 | Bennie Moten | 1991 | Compil. |
| Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | Bennie Moten | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Complete Bennie Moten Vol. 5/6 (1930-1932) | Bennie Moten | 1983 | Compil. |
| The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era | Eddy Duchin / Billy May / Joe Sanders / Bennie Moten / Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra | 1983 | Compil. |
| The Complete Bennie Moten Vol. 3/4 (1928-1930) Featuring Count Basie | Bennie Moten | 1982 | Compil. |
| The Complete Bennie Moten Vol. 1/2 (1926-1928) | Bennie Moten | 1979 | Compil. |
| Siesta At The Fiesta | Bennie Moten / Henry "Red" Allen | Compil. | |
| Bennie Moten 1926 / Jimmie Lunceford 1930 | Bennie Moten / Jimmie Lunceford | Single |
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