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Bennie Moten

1927-1929

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Album Details

Title: 1927-1929
Artist: Bennie Moten
Release Date: 6/11/1927
Label: Classics
Duration: 67:31
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPC: 3307517055828
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Classic Jazz
Moods: Carefree, Elegant, Exuberant, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Playful, Rousing
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

The New Tulsa Blues
Baby Dear
Twelfth Street Rag
Pass Out Lightly (There Ain't Nothin' to It)
Ding-Dong Blues
Moten Stomp
Justrite
Slow Motion
Tough Breaks
It's Hard to Laugh or Smile
Sad Man Blues
Kansas City Breakdown
Trouble in Mind
Hot Water Blues
Get Low-Down Blues
She's No Trouble (Sweetheart)
South
Terrific Stomp
Let's Get It
Kansas City Squabble
Rite Tite
Moten's Blues
That's What I'm Talking About

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1996	CD	Classics	558
------	CD	Classics	CLAS 558

Other Editions

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Review

During the period covered by this second of four Classics CDs, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra was at the peak of its powers, dominating the jazz scene of the Midwest. There were not a lot of famous names in the group yet, but the soloists were colorful, and the band's ensembles could really rock in a pre-swing manner. The main players at the time included cornetist Ed Lewis, Harlan Leonard on various reeds, baritonist Jack Washington and Moten himself on piano. Highlights include "Moten Stomp," "Kansas City Breakdown," "Get Low-Down Blues," "Terrific Blues" and the remake of the band's hit "South." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Anatol Schenker	Liner Notes
Bennie Moten	Director, Main Performer, Piano, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Booker T. Washington	Cornet
Buster Moten	Piano, Piano-Accordian
Ed Lewis	Cornet, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Harlan Leonard	Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto)
Jack Washington	Clarinet, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto)
James Taylor	Vocals
Laforest Dent	Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto), Vocals
Leroy Berry	Banjo
Paul Webster	Cornet
Thamon Hayes	Vocals, Trombone
Vernon Page	Bowed Bass
Willie McWashington	Drums
Woodie Walder	Sax (Tenor), Clarinet