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Bennie Moten Collection 1923-1932 (2CD)

Bennie Moten Collection 1923-1932 (2CD)

Bennie Moten Collection 1923-1932 (2CD)

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Pianist and bandleader Bennie Moten was an important figure as one of the primary pioneers and architects of the Kansas City sound, playing a style that developed from the orchestral ragtime popular in the region, with a stomping beat and an emphasis on informal riff-based arrangements of a broad, but often blues-flavoured repertoire which left plenty of room for improvisation. His was the most prominent of the early territory bands, and he was able to attract a stream of talented young musicians to his Kansas City Orchestra, notable among them Count Basie, Hot Lips Page, Walter Page, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham and the great blues shouting vocalist Jimmy Rushing.

His career was short, curtailed by his untimely death in 1935 at the age of 40, at which point his band became the core of Count Basies first ensemble. This great value 48-track 2-CD collection draws recordings from the majority of the recording sessions which he undertook during the decade before the Depression took its toll on many bands recording activities, Motens among them, and its a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining look at an important niche in the annals of the genre.
 
 
Disc 1
Track Title Artist
1 Evil Mama Blues Ada Brown Acc By Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2 Elephant's Wobble Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
3 Vine Street Blues Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
4 Baby Dear Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
5 South Street Blues Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
6 As I Like It Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
7 Things Seem So Blue To Me Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
8 Thick Lip Stomp Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
9 Kansas City Shuffle Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
10 Muscle Shoals Blues Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
11 Sugar Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
12 The New Tulsa Blues Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
13 Twelfth Street Rag Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
14 Pass Out Lightly [There Ain't Nothin To It] Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
15 Moten Stomp Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
16 Justrite Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
17 It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
18 Kansas City Breakdown Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
19 She's No Trouble (Sweetheart) Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
20 South Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
21 Terrific Stomp Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
22 Rite Tite Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
23 Moten Blues Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
24 When Life Seems So Blue Ira & Bennie Moten
25 Loose Like A Goose Ira & Bennie Moten
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Rumba Negro [Spanish Stomp] Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2 Small Black Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
3 Everyday Blues [Yo Yo Blues] Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
4 Boot It Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
5 Rit-Dit-Ray Pt. 2 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Willie McWashington
6 Won't You Be My Baby ? Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
7 I Wish I Could Be Blue Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
8 Oh ! Eddie Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
9 That Too, Do Pt. 1 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
10 The Count Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
11 Liza Lee Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
12 When I'm Alone Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
13 New Moten Stomp Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
14 Now That I Need You Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
15 Bouncing Around Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
16 Ya Got Love Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
17 Toby Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
18 Moten Swing Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
19 The Blue Room Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
20 New Orleans Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Rushing
21 Milenberg Joys Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
22 Lafayette Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
23 Prince Of Wails Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
  • EAN:
    824046205829
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  • Discs:
    2
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  • Release:
    April 2016
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  • Artist:
    Bennie Moten
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  • Brand:
    Fabulous
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  • Product Code:
    FADCD2058
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  • Weight:
    0.12kg
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