Latest Release
- SEP 13, 2023
- 42 Songs
- The Blue Room · 1945
- Kansas City Jazz Essentials · 1954
- The Blue Room · 1935
- Kansas City Jazz Essentials · 1954
- Slow Motion · 1935
- The Blue Room · 1996
- Kansas City Jazz Essentials · 1954
- Kansas City Jazz Essentials · 1954
- 1929-1932 · Band Box Shuffle · 2000
- The Blue Room · 1996
Live Albums
- 2016
Compilations
About Bennie Moten
Pianist Bennie Moten led a regional big band which was the most esteemed group of the Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri axis at that time. More importantly, the core of Count Basie's early band evolved out of the Bennie Moten Orchestra. The Count joined the group in 1929, collaborating with Moten on compositions and effectively co-leading the band, and then formed his own group after Moten's death in 1935.
- HOMETOWN
- Kansas City, MO, United States
- BORN
- November 13, 1893
- GENRE
- Jazz