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30 de may. de 2024 · The 1931 recording date is the only time the band records in New York City, while the 1932 takes place once again in Camden, NJ. Only two sides were completed on the 1931 date and both feature star vocalist Jimmy Rushing. Stylistically, both songs are surprisingly a bit staid.
Bennie Moten (Kansas City, Misuri, 13 de noviembre de 1894 - 2 de abril de 1935) fue un pianista, compositor y director de orquesta de jazz-swing. Comenzó siendo aún niño, tocando el saxhorn en un grupo de metales de su ciudad natal.
Bennie Moten was an American pianist, one of the earliest known organizers of bands in the Midwest in the emergent years of jazz. Moten became a bandleader in and around his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1922 and remained so until his death. His recording debut was in 1923, and his early.
Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
After Bennie’s death, some of his best musicians indirectly found their way to Count Basie, who had played with the band since 1929. The latter’s success would not have been possible without his former employer, Bennie Moten.
1894 – 1935. Benjamin “Bennie” Moten was an influential pianist and bandleader whose career was essential to the development of Kansas City-style jazz. Moten grew up in Kansas City and took up the piano at an early age, learning his craft from two of Scott Joplin’s former students.
Bennie Moten. Author. David Conrads. Bennie Moten Orchestra. Courtesy of the American Jazz Museum. Kansas City jazz, a hard-swinging, blues-based musical style that flourished in the 1920s and '30s, is arguably this city's greatest contribution to the uniquely American art form of jazz.
