Benny Moten
Benny Moten
Top Songs
| 1 | Moten Swing | ||
| 2 | Ya Got Love | ||
| 3 | The Only Girl I Ever Loved | ||
| 4 | I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time | ||
| 5 | Liza Lee |
Albums
Oct 2012 • 22 songs
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Biography
No relation to Kansas City pianist-bandleader Bennie Moten, Benny Moten was a solid and supportive bassist for decades. He began seriously playing professionally in 1941 and Moten's many musical associations included Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Henry "Red" Allen (1942-49 and off and on during 1955-65), Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur DeParis' New New Orleans Band (1956-57 including a tour of Africa), Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge and Dakota Staton (1961-63), among many others. Moten recorded with most of the above players (although never as a lead...