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Bennie Moten
Benjamin "Bennie" Moten is an American pianist and jazz musician born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He conducted the Kansas City Orchestra, the largest of the blues orchestras in the Midwest active region in the 1920s and helped develop the riffing style that would define most of the Grand Bands of the years. 1930.
Birth nameBenjamin Moten
BornNovember 13, 1894, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
DiedApril 2, 1935, Kansas City, Missouri
GenresJazz, Kansas City jazz, Moten Swing
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
InstrumentsPiano
LabelsVictor, OKeh, Bluebird, HMV, RCA
Associated actsCount Basie, Walter Page, Oklahoma City Blue Devils, Eddie Durham, Hot Lips Page

About Bennie Moten

Pianist Bennie Moten was born in Missouri, United States on November 13, 1894. He dies at the age of 40, on April 2, 1935.

The influential Kansas City Orchestra's jazz leader, who pioneered the riffing sounds that would come to dominate the genre.

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Bennie Moten before becoming famous

Bennie Moten was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1894 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

His early recordings for OKeh Records in 1923 revealed that he was influenced by the ragtime sounds of his youth.

Achievement of Bennie Moten

His hits were mostly unremarkable in and of themselves, but they served to define the jazz sound as a whole.

Bennie Moten's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When he was born, his family was living in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1935, he died as a result of a failed tonsillectomy.

Bennie Moten Collabed with

In 1929, he engaged the legendary Pianist Count Basie. Following Moten's death, Basie formed the Pianist Count Basie Orchestra using members of Moten's band.

Bennie Moten Income & Net worth

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Bennie Moten Height and Weight

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Latest information about Bennie Moten updated on March 21 2023.