Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Volume 1 (1922-1927) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 64 - 741056

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Volume 1 (1922-1927) / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 64 - 741056 - Complete Bennie Moten

SIDE ONE

1. THICK LIP STOMP (B. Moten)  (a)

2. HARMONY BLUES (B. Moten)  (a)

3. KANSAS CITY SHUFFLE (B. Moten)  (a)

4. YAZOO BLUES (B. Moten)  (a)

5. WHITE LIGHTNIN' BLUES (B. Moten)  (a)

6. MUSCLE SHOALS BLUES (G.W. Thomas)   (b)

7. MIDNIGHT MAMA (J.R. Morton)  (b)

8. MISSOURI WOBBLE (B. Moten)  (b)

SIDE TWO

9. SUGAR (M. Pinkard)  (c)

10. DEAR HEART (Laforest - Dent) (c)

11. THE NEW TULSA BLUES  (B. Moten)   ({c)

12. BABY DEAR (B. Moten - Hayes)  (c)

13. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Euday - L. Bowman) (c)

14. PASS OUT LIGHTLY (There ain't nothin' to it) (Jack Washington)   (c)

15. DING DONG BLUES (Staton - Moten)  (c)

16. MOTEN STOMP (Moten - Hayes) (c)

PERSONNEL AND DATES

(a) Ed Lewis, Lamar Wright (tp) ; Thamon Hayes (tb) ; Woody Waider, Harlan Leonard, Laforest Dent (saxes) ; Bennie Moten (pno) ; Sam Tall (bjo) ; Vernon Page (b) ; Willie McWashington (dr). Chicago, December 13, 1926.

(b) same as (a), but Chicago, December 14, 1926.

(c) same as (a), but Paul Webster (tp) replaces L. Wright, Jack Washington (s) added, Leroy Berry (bjo) for Sam Tall. Thamon Hayes and Laforest Dent (vcl). Chicago, June 11, 1927.