Bennie Moten

Bennie Moten

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bennie Moten



Img_capt =
Img_size =
Landscape =
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name =
Alias =
Born = November 13 1894
Died = April 2 1935
Origin = flagicon|USA Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Instrument = Piano
Voice_type =
Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Piano, Bandleader
Years_active =
Label =
Associated_acts = Count Basie, Walter Page
URL =
Current_members =
Past_members =
Notable_instruments =

Bennie Moten (November 13 1894April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri.

He led the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the itinerant, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s Big Bands.

His first recordings were made in 1923, and were rather stiff interpretations of the New Orleans style of King Oliver and others. They also showed the influence of the Ragtime that was still popular in the area.

They next recorded in 1926 for Victor Records in New Jersey, and were influenced by the more sophisticate style of Fletcher Henderson.

By 1928 Moten's piano was showing some Boogie Woogie influences, but the real revolution came in 1929 when he recruited Count Basie, Walter Page and Oran 'Hot Lips' Page. Walter Page's walking bass lines gave the music an entirely new feel compared to the 2/4 tuba of his predecessor Vernon Page, coloured by Basie's understated, syncopated piano fills.

The 10 legendary December 13,1932 recordings, made when the band were barely staving off literal starvation, show the Basie sound in embryo, four years before Basie recorded under his own name - in fact Moten does not even play on these sessions. By this time Ben Webster and Jimmy Rushing had also joined.

After Moten's death in 1935 after an unsuccessful tonsillectomy, Basie took many of the leading musicians from the band to form his own orchestra.

ee also

*Kansas City Jazz
*Crispus Attucks Communication and Writing Magnet School

External links

* [http://www.redhotjazz.com/moten.html Bennie Moten at Red Hot Jazz]
* [http://web1.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/jazzfolk/moteb_00.htm Bennie Moten at Club Kaycee]
* [http://www.jass.com/Ben/ben.review.html Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra (1929-1932)]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6826474 Bennie Moten's Photo & Gravesite]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bennie Moten — Pianiste Naissance 3 novembre 1894 Kansas City, Missouri, USA …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bennie Moten — Chartplatzierungen Erklärung der Daten Einzelnachweise für US Billboard Black[1] 78er South US Black: 12 – 1925 (1 W.) Kansas City Shuffle US Black: 18 – 1927 (1 W.) Moten Stomp US Black: 16 – 1928 (2 W.) South US Bl …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Moten — may refer to: Bennie Moten (1894–1935), an American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri Benny Moten (1916–1977), an American jazz bassist Eddie Moten (born 1981), an American football cornerback for the Dallas Vigilantes of …   Wikipedia

  • Moten — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Bennie Moten (1894–1935), amerikanischer Jazzpianist und Bandleader Benny Moten (1916–1977), amerikanischer Jazzbassist Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Moten, Bennie — ▪ American musician born Nov. 13, 1894, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. died 1935  U.S. 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 in 1922 …   Universalium

  • Kansas City Jazz — Mit dem Kansas City Jazz entstand in einem kurzen Zeitraum 1926–1938 eine Spielweise des Swing, dort Stomp genannt. Sie ist sehr bluesorientiert und rhythmisch. Es fallen die sich wiederholenden Akkordfolgen und die eindringlichen Riffs der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kansas-City-Jazz — Mit dem Kansas City Jazz entstand in einem kurzen Zeitraum 1926–1938 eine Spielweise des Swing, dort Stomp genannt. Sie ist sehr bluesorientiert und rhythmisch. Es fallen die sich wiederholenden Akkordfolgen und die eindringlichen Riffs der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Walter Sylvester Page — (* 9. Februar 1900 in Gallatin, Missouri; † 20. Dezember 1957 in New York City, New York) war ein amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Kontrabassist, Bandleader) des Swing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Werk 1.1 Die Blue Devils …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Walter Page — mit Billie Holiday (frühe 1950er Jahre) Walter Sylvester Page (* 9. Februar 1900 in Gallatin, Missouri; † 20. Dezember 1957 in New York City, New York) war ein amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Kontrabassist, Bandleader) des Swing …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • jazz — jazzer, n. /jaz/, n. 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”