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Born: November 13, 1894 in Kansas City, MO
Years Active: 10 's, 20 's, 30 's
Died: April 02, 1935 in Kansas City, MO
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
Bennie Moten is today best-remembered as the leader of a band that partly became the nucleus of the original Count Basie Orchestra, but Moten deserves better. He was a fine ragtime-oriented pianist who led the top territory band of the 1920s, an orch ...More >>

Discography: 1965 Count Basie in Kansas City Benny Moten's Great Band of 1930 More >>

Similar Artists: Jimmie Lunceford Claude Hopkins Count Basie Lucky Millinder Luis Russell More >>

Influenced By: Scott Joplin King Oliver Bunk Johnson More >> Followers: Big Joe Turner Jay McShann Erskine Hawkins Illinois Jacquet Count Basie More >>

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