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"Moten Swing" (originally "Moten's Swing") is a 1932 jazz standard by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra. It was an important jazz standard in the move towards a freer form of orchestral jazz and the development of Swing music .
Vor 4 Tagen · Similarly, “ Moten Swing ” while born at this 1932 session, is still played by today’s Count Basie Orchestra, and swing bands of all sizes all over the world. (Incidentally, the original RCA Bluebird 78 label shows the title as, “ Moten’ s Swing”).
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. [3] He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, 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.
14. Sept. 2021 · One of my earliest purchases in the select list of issues was Roy Eldridge: Swingin’ on the Town [Verve 314 559 828-2] which was originally released as a Verve LP in 1960 with Roy’s mellifluous and swinging trumpet accompanied by Ronnie Ball [p], Benny Moten [b], and Eddie Locke [d].
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Moten war ein ausgezeichneter Stride-Pianist, der in den kleinen Clubs entlang der 18ten Straße von Kansas City auftrat. Er half zusammen mit Major N. Clark Smith, Dan Blackburn und Charles T. Watts die örtliche Musikerschutzvereinigung Local 627 – gegründet 1917 – aufzubauen. 1918 gründete er das B.B.& D. Orchestra (ein Ragtime -Trio ...
Moten continued aggressively hiring the best performers he could find, and their form of jazz matured into some of the best examples of big band swing. Their music became known as the "Kansas City style," characterized by complex rhythms, carefully restrained drum beats, and especially riffs. Riffs referred to the practice of using rhythms to ...
