Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - "Moten's Blues" Volume 3 (1929) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 99 - 741 108

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - "Moten's Blues" Volume 3 (1929) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 99 - 741 108 - Buy Online

SIDE 1

1. MOTEN'S BLUES (Moten) (a)

2. THAT CERTAIN MOTION (Moten - Hayes - Beny) (a)

3. IT WONT BE LONG (Moten - Cas Abraham) (a)

4. WHEN LIFE SEEMS SO BLUE (Moten - Hayes) (b)

5. LOOSE LIKE A GOOSE (Buster and Bennie Moten) (b)

6. JUST SAY IT'S ME (Buster and Bennie Moten) (b)

7. NOW GOOFY DUST RAG (Moten) (b)

8. RUMBA NEGRO (Spanish stomp) (Moten - Basie) (c)

SIDE 2

9. JONES LAW BLUES (Moten - Basie) (c)

10. BAND BOX SHUFFLE (Moten - Basje) (c)

11   SMALL BLACK (Moten - Basie) (c)

12. SMALL BLACK (Moten - Basie) (c)

13. EVERY DAY BLUES (Yo yo blues) (Moten - Durham-) (c)

14. BOOT IT (Moten) (d)

15. MARY LEE (Moten - Perry) (d)

16. RIT DIT RAY (Moten - Basie) (d)

PERSONNEL AND DATES

(a) Ed LEWIS, Booker WASHINGTON (tp); Thamon HAYES (tb); Woody WALDER, Harlan LEONARD, Jack .WASHINGTON (saxes); Bennie MOTEN (pno); Ira "Buster" MOTEN (pno and ace); Leroy BERRY (bjo); Vernon PAGE (b); Willie McWASHlNGTON (dr). Chicago, July 17, 1929.

(b) Same, but in Loose like a goose, only Bennie and "Buster" MOTEN (pno, cl, and dr). Chicago, July 18,1929.

(c)  Same, but Eddie DURHAM (tb and g) added; William "Count" BASIE (pno) replaces Bennie MOTEN; Willie McWASHlNGTON (vcl).  Chicago, October 23, 1929.

(d) Same, Chicago, October 24, 1929.